Dual Dual-Core

[LikeLinus]

Are there motherboards out there for consumer dual dual-core CPU's?

I'm starting to do a lot of video editing in my job and It'd be nice to move to a dual cpu system.

I need to upgrade my aging AMD 64 3200+ system. While it's still a great system, when I apply 3rd party effects in Premiere Pro, I get a slow down in video output. I'd need to be able to view realtime footage and not have the stutter.

Plus it'd be awesome to speed up my render time.

 

[bob4432]

i would head over to www.2cpu.com and look in their forums. there are m/bs that do what you are looking for, but they would probably know more abou them and any issues certains ones have

 

[InlineFour]

dual cpu motherboards are usually server class boards.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: bob4432
i would head over to www.2cpu.com and look in their forums. there are m/bs that do what you are looking for, but they would probably know more abou them and any issues certains ones have

Will do. Thanks for the suggestion.

Any other info would be appreciated also from any users.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
dual cpu motherboards are usually server class boards.

I edited and I realize that. I just don't need built in SCSI Raid and things like that.

 

[OSX]

Most don't have things like that. It's just the really expensive ones.

 

[OSX]

Most don't have things like that. It's just the really expensive ones.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: OSX
Most don't have things like that. It's just the really expensive ones.

dual post.

 

[InlineFour]

you're probably looking at something like this.

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[secretanchitman]

Apple Power Mac G5 Quad. 2xDual Core CPU's...

but i know there is a tyan mobo on newegg that supports 939/940 pin (i forget which one i think 940) cpus and has 2 slots for them.

dammit inlinefour you beat me to it. heh.

 

[spikespiegal]

Dual socket 940 board are common and not just designed for server use.

However, dual dual cores is going to be expensive as hell, and you might want to find out from the from Adobe Premier people if the software is designed for multiple processors, and how many processors it can take advantage of. A single dual core is likely you're best bet and a lot cheaper.

 

[snoturtle]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal
Dual socket 940 board are common and not just designed for server use.

However, dual dual cores is going to be expensive as hell, and you might want to find out from the from Adobe Premier people if the software is designed for multiple processors, and how many processors it can take advantage of. A single dual core is likely you're best bet and a lot cheaper.

Price isn't as bad anymore
Can get 265 cpu's for around 300 each

What kills it for me is the memory
about twice as expensive as regular stuff


AFAIK Premier does support SMP but you will want to look into if the plug ins you use will support it

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Don't forget that most of the server boards are EATX, and not ATX, so they won't fit in all cases. And the pull on your PSU is going to increase greatly with two processors.

 

[bob4432]

you just have to love those server m/bs:
Memory
Number of DDR Slots 12x 184pin DDR
DDR Standard DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Maximum Memory Supported 24GB
ECC Supported Yes
Registered Yes

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal
Dual socket 940 board are common and not just designed for server use.

However, dual dual cores is going to be expensive as hell, and you might want to find out from the from Adobe Premier people if the software is designed for multiple processors, and how many processors it can take advantage of. A single dual core is likely you're best bet and a lot cheaper.

I'm not too concerned about price. I was looking at the Pent D 830 or something better. I need to do more research to see whats the best CPU out there right now, but I can afford to go dual CPU.

Premiere does support multiple CPU's.

What about the new Intel chips coming out? How long? Should I just wait, or is the D830 a good choice (or something along those lines).

 

[Cheesetogo]

I'm pretty sure that you can't use multiple pentiums, only xeons.

 

[kmrivers]

SuperMirco H8DCE is nice. big thread on 2cpu forums. $360

Tyan K8WE is comparable but $100 more. IMO the SuperMicro spanks it. ~$470

These are for opterons.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: spikespiegal
Dual socket 940 board are common and not just designed for server use.

However, dual dual cores is going to be expensive as hell, and you might want to find out from the from Adobe Premier people if the software is designed for multiple processors, and how many processors it can take advantage of. A single dual core is likely you're best bet and a lot cheaper.

I'm not too concerned about price. I was looking at the Pent D 830 or something better. I need to do more research to see whats the best CPU out there right now, but I can afford to go dual CPU.

Premiere does support multiple CPU's.

What about the new Intel chips coming out? How long? Should I just wait, or is the D830 a good choice (or something along those lines).

conroes look promising but not sure if they have a dual-dual setup. also, verify which processor your software is optimized for if any.

in all the tests i have seen the dc 939 did better than their intel counterparts, so even for encoding it swung back to amd for the moment.

what encoder are you using? what type of output?

 

[LikeLinus]

MPEG 2 Encoders 720x480 DVD quality. It's all DVCAM content. I "think" Adobe products are optimized for Intel CPU's, but I could be wrong.

I was under the impression that the new Intel D8/9XX chips were better performers than the AMD counterpart. I don't really care what I use, but I want it to be the best. I'll have to do some research on which platform to go with for this computer.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
MPEG 2 Encoders 720x480 DVD quality. It's all DVCAM content. I "think" Adobe products are optimized for Intel CPU's, but I could be wrong.

I was under the impression that the new Intel D8/9XX chips were better performers than the AMD counterpart. I don't really care what I use, but I want it to be the best. I'll have to do some research on which platform to go with for this computer.

i would definately look into it to verify. the benches here on anandtech were using an older version of premiere and the amd cpu did better but the nles don't need much power until you render.

do you plan on using anything other than the adobe encoders? maybe something like the cinemacraft encoders?

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
MPEG 2 Encoders 720x480 DVD quality. It's all DVCAM content. I "think" Adobe products are optimized for Intel CPU's, but I could be wrong.

I was under the impression that the new Intel D8/9XX chips were better performers than the AMD counterpart. I don't really care what I use, but I want it to be the best. I'll have to do some research on which platform to go with for this computer.

i would definately look into it to verify. the benches here on anandtech were using an older version of premiere and the amd cpu did better but the nles don't need much power until you render.

do you plan on using anything other than the adobe encoders? maybe something like the cinemacraft encoders?

Magic Bullet, After Effects 7.0, Boris FX and a few other plugins probably as I find them.

I don't have much use for other encoders as everything is 720x480 DVD quality MPEG-2.