Hoggy
Never take life, or anything in it, too seriously.
Well, let's just say that my ship has finally come in and I'm in the market for a new SuperComputer. I hadn't thought I'd ever be able to afford another machine (and I pretty much mean EVER), let alone an absolute BEAST - so I'm now quite out of the loop on these matters.
I've hit a couple of sticky points in my research into these things, so far, that I've been having a bit of trouble finding the answers to, so I'd thought I'd ask here - since part of the reason for this beast is to run LR (& maybe some PS) on.
After being bitten several times, and currently, on incompatibility issues between LR and AMD graphics cards, I kind of want to steer away from those, unfortunately. Now I'm coming to find that there could be a difference between 'video' cards and 'graphics' cards ?? I was first looking into the (many?) manufacturers of "11GB GTX 1080 Ti", but some reports suggest that it may not be capable of 10-bit output.. So now I'm looking into an "8GB Nvidia Qaudro P4000".
First, is it true about the GTX and 10-bit? And if so, would it also help somehow if I got the GTX along side of it, with only ONE monitor [right now]? Can two 'graphics' cards be used for one monitor?? I guess they call that SLI/Cross-fire???
Second, would having two cards help LR (or even PS) performance in ANY amount/way?
Another issue is with the memory and quad-channel usage - or speediest configuration. I seem to remember from the past where certain memory configurations in certain slots on certain motherboards could be more optimal than others. The place where I'm likely buying from only offer 64GB as 8x8GB 3200Mhz G.Skill modules. Though to keep memory upgrade options more feasible, I'd like to give them a call to see if they could preferably do 4x16GB modules - thereby leaving 4 slots open for a future upgrade path. BUT, would doing that reduce any added benefit over the 8 module configuration - like not enable quad-channel or more of a bottleneck somehow?
OH, and I guess a 3rd curiosity I'm wondering about... I'm currently planning on getting two 1TB Samsung NvMe 960 drives - 1 Pro, and 1 EVO. Would doing it that way help reduce any 'bottlenecks', for lack of a better term in this speedy scenario - as in 1 drive OS&LR, and the other LR catalog & cache?
MANY thanks for any guidance and advice in these matters. It seems I'm playing a HUGE game of catch-me-up here. Never did I think I'd be able to get a dream machine like this.
I've hit a couple of sticky points in my research into these things, so far, that I've been having a bit of trouble finding the answers to, so I'd thought I'd ask here - since part of the reason for this beast is to run LR (& maybe some PS) on.
After being bitten several times, and currently, on incompatibility issues between LR and AMD graphics cards, I kind of want to steer away from those, unfortunately. Now I'm coming to find that there could be a difference between 'video' cards and 'graphics' cards ?? I was first looking into the (many?) manufacturers of "11GB GTX 1080 Ti", but some reports suggest that it may not be capable of 10-bit output.. So now I'm looking into an "8GB Nvidia Qaudro P4000".
First, is it true about the GTX and 10-bit? And if so, would it also help somehow if I got the GTX along side of it, with only ONE monitor [right now]? Can two 'graphics' cards be used for one monitor?? I guess they call that SLI/Cross-fire???
Second, would having two cards help LR (or even PS) performance in ANY amount/way?
The monitor I'm currently planning on - hopefully it does TRUE 10-bit:
Note that I'm not into gaming, but may be open to a couple games here and there - notably D&D type, non-multi-player, if such games still exist.
Note that I'm not into gaming, but may be open to a couple games here and there - notably D&D type, non-multi-player, if such games still exist.
Another issue is with the memory and quad-channel usage - or speediest configuration. I seem to remember from the past where certain memory configurations in certain slots on certain motherboards could be more optimal than others. The place where I'm likely buying from only offer 64GB as 8x8GB 3200Mhz G.Skill modules. Though to keep memory upgrade options more feasible, I'd like to give them a call to see if they could preferably do 4x16GB modules - thereby leaving 4 slots open for a future upgrade path. BUT, would doing that reduce any added benefit over the 8 module configuration - like not enable quad-channel or more of a bottleneck somehow?
OH, and I guess a 3rd curiosity I'm wondering about... I'm currently planning on getting two 1TB Samsung NvMe 960 drives - 1 Pro, and 1 EVO. Would doing it that way help reduce any 'bottlenecks', for lack of a better term in this speedy scenario - as in 1 drive OS&LR, and the other LR catalog & cache?
Although come to think of it just now... Maybe the LR catalog & cache might be better off on the ever-so-slightly faster 960-Pro. ?? Hmmm...
MANY thanks for any guidance and advice in these matters. It seems I'm playing a HUGE game of catch-me-up here. Never did I think I'd be able to get a dream machine like this.
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