Cyba

First of all thanks to pbowmar for the benchmark file, i've looked for a mantra benchmark quiet a long time.

Here's the result of my
2500k, 4 x 4,5ghz
8Gb RAM
Win 7 64

Render Time: 6:48.301u 0.187s 6:48.45r
Memory: 220.94 MB. VM Size: 340.21 MB

Does anyone know why rendering on linux is so much faster compared to win7?

I'm planning a little render farm at my home office. Actually i'm rounning a bunch of different systems (2x phenom x6 1090t, 1x Q6600, 1x i3 540) with win7. I'm looking forward to set up 2 more render slaves with openSUSE. I hope it wont be an impossible thing without any Linux experience :?
Does anyone knows about the performance of the 8 core AMD Bulldozer at mantra?
I'm not quiet sure which Processor is more cost-effective for a mantra render node. My favourites are phenom x6-1090T, FX-8120 and Intel 2600k. Otherwise the next Intel generation with Sandy Bridge E and Ivy Bridge will be launched soon…

Best Regards
Hannes