aempress
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14 hours ago, verysame said:
An analog question on any C4D, 3dsMax, Houdini, Blender or whatever other grafic forum would give a more direct insight on what's the best approach. Of course no one has the crystal ball and knows what's going to work 100% because nothing can work 100% given all the variables, but there are general guidelines that can help. Same guidelines that helped when I built my box a few years ago which still works great. By the way, the answer the op needed arrived from Manuel.
Exactly...!
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45 minutes ago, R C-R said:
Like yours, these are simple questions, but none of them have simple, "one size fits all" answers, other than that it depends on many different factors that won't be the same for everyone. How many different ways must this be stated before you see that?
Since I don't want a machine to run a word processor, 3D intensive games AND graphics software – but JUST to run graphics software! – I don't think I'm asking for a "one size fits all" answer.
But thanks anyway. And I apologize for bothering you.
Thank you all for your time.António
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26 minutes ago, MEB said:
Hi aempress,
For heavy workload we do take advantage of a higher number of cores. For light work the clock speed of each core does affect greatly the performance of the application, so ideally you would want a multi core system with high clock rates. Affinity will take advantage of them depending on what you are doing at the moment.
Thank you. This was the most helpful answer so far! (Y)
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26 minutes ago, toltec said:
And, you are asking in the wrong place. If you intend to use your PC for video editing, the most important issue is how well the components work for that, not Affinity. I use Cyberlink Powerdirector and checked on their website for recommended video cards etc.
I mentioned that the machine will also be used for vídeo editing, but its main goal is to run Affinity software.
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1 hour ago, R C-R said:
It seems fairly straightforward to me: since we know different processes will benefit more from higher performance in different parts of the system, & there will always be other processes running besides those initiated by any one app, it does not make much sense to try to build a system based only or even mostly on how any one app will perform a few processes in some theoretical 'best case' scenario that is unlikely to occur very often, if ever.
OK, simple question: given the same price, should I but a CPU with fewer cores but higher frequency rate or, ON THE CONTRARY, a CPU with more cores but slower frequency?
This is the kind of question that I have been asking from the beginning. If you guys don't know the answer, no problem (I don't know it either!) but please don't pretend you are giving me specific advice, because you are not!António
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On 28/10/2017 at 2:41 PM, R C-R said:
So while the developers might be willing to give you a maximum number of cores the Affinity apps can use under ideal conditions, it would come with so many qualifiers & caveats that it would just about meaningless. If you want to configure a system to maximize its performance with Affinity, you have to consider it from a systems standpoint, which means considering everything that contributes to that, not just one "figure of merit" that only applies to a small part of it. That would be like trying to judge how well a car will perform based only on the peak horsepower its engine can develop. It is never that simple.
Again: I do appreciate your input, but what you are saying can be applied to any software - it is not specific to Affinity.
I know how to build a powerful machine, with no "weak links". However, this is not when I built a PC to run Windows 95, when I had basically one or two options regarding CPUs and graphic cards were "Windows Accelerators". :-)We now can opt to buy a CPU with more cores but with less frequency (or vice-versa); we can spend as as little as 50€ or as much as 1,000€ on graphics; and we choose from 8, 16, 32 or even 64 (or more...) GB of RAM. So, as much as I can appreciate some generic tips, I'm here to get some (much more) specific advice.
I just wished someone from Serif could jump into this thread - even if only to confirm what you are saying (which is, "we did not optimize our software for anything in particular, so just go crazy because more is always better")...
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9 hours ago, R C-R said:
I have no idea what the maximum number of cores the Affinity apps could use, but I doubt any process can use all of them for more than very brief intervals, & only a few processes could even do that.
Well, but that was one of my main questions - and still is. Look: there are games, for instance, that are specifically optimized to run on one, two or more cores. Even Photoshop has functions that take advantage of nVidia Quadro graphics boards (http://www.nvidia.com/object/adobe-photoshop-cc.html).
I *really* appreciate all your input, but I would also *REALLY* liked to know this kind of stuff from the developers of Affinity.BR,
António -
Hi guys.
I really appreciate your input. However, I still have the same questions! :-)Mainly:
1) Are Affinity apps are optimized for how many cores? 4? 6? 8?
2) Do Affinity apps take advantage of discrete GPUs? What is preferable, nVidia or AMD? Is the amount of RAM in the graphics card relevant? More than 2GB in the card is relevant?
António
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Hi guys, a question I could not find anywhere: what are the most relevant hardware components to run Photo and Designer? Specifically:
We all know an SSD is better than a HDD. But how much RAM should we use? The more the better, of course, but is there a limit above it is irrelevant? Such as 16GB, 32GB, 64GB…? Or more is always best?
Regarding CPU. Affinity apps are optimized for how many cores? 4? 6? 8? The more the better? What is more relevant in terms of CPU – frequency or number of cores?
Regarding graphics. Affinity apps take advantage of discrete GPUs? What is preferable, nVidia or AMD? Is the amount of RAM in the graphics card relevant (besides what is needed for a given screen resolution, such as 2K or 4K, of course)? More than 2GB in the card is relevant?
The answer to these questions is greatly appreciated, since I’m about to custom-build a (Windows 10) machine to run Affinity software as well as a video editing tool, and the difference in specs can amount to several hundred euros difference according to the chosen componentes.
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My name is António Marques.
I run a small PR company (AEMpress) and I was looking a for some good "Photoshop-Like" tools. A photographer friend told me last year about the Affinity software (I know Serif from the DTP era...) and the timing was spot on: I immediately purchased Designer and, a couple of weeks later, Photo (both for Windows).
The designer I hired came from an Adobe background, so to speak, but felt comfortable right away with both tools and has been extremely productive ever since.
I’m *very* happy with the software and its tremendous feature/quality/price ratio.
Keep up the good work.
Greetings from Portugal,
António
Relevant hardware components for Affinity software (PC)
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Basically, this is it. The answer I've been looking for – even if it was not the one I was expecting.