Hi,
New here, so first of all an amazing piece of software, you’ve really opened up a whole new level of accessibility for 3D scanning.
I’m working with a 50 camera rig and currently looking at machine options but my head is kind of spinning. I thought I’d narrowed it to a single good graphics card (1070 or 1080) and i7-4770k or similar but then saw a ten core machine on offer
But in the tests I’ve looked at it gets blown out of the water by something like a i4470k:
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E5-2 … e-i7-4770K
I know these tests should be taken with a pinch of salt, but similar reports abound.
I guess the question is, can RC make effective use of the 10 core option with a decent graphics card like a 1070, or is the i4770k with the same card really going to be faster? And if the latter is that down to the way the cores are used or the newer processors just that much more efficient?
Thanks for any input.
Hi Ian from 3Dify
If it is a 50-camera project, then go rather for the i7 ( or AMD Ryzen 1800x - better price/performance value ) as the Xeon is from older microarchitecture and has a low frequency, so it is not ideal for this sort of work.
For a general overview on current and past graphics and cpu processing power, the following websites provide detailed and current information…
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
But for only 50 cameras just about any computer with a decent amount of RAM (16 or 32GB) with an I7 CPU and a somewhat recent NVidia card will do just fine and give you decent results within minutes.
It does depend on the camera resolution of course. More MP = more time required for processing = finer details reconstructed.
Hi Wishgranter and Shadowtail,
That’s what my own research was showing too, but thanks very much for taking the time to clarify and confirm, nothing like getting feedback from experienced users.
“decent results within minutes” ahh… music to my ears 
I’ve been using other 3D software for a while and I’m still astonished at the speed of RC in comparison, as well as the increase in quality of the solved models, even on a bootcamped mac pro…
The images are currently around 10mb each, so nothing too heavy.
Great piece of software, it really allows opens up the creative workflow and iterative testing possibilities.