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TBC with Intel VS AMD

  • 1.  TBC with Intel VS AMD

    Posted 10-24-2022 09:53
    does anyone have experience with AMD vs Intel with TBC?

    i recently upgraded 2 systems in my office to the tune of 12,000$ to deal with point clouds/scanning etc but purchased AMD processors. I then realized TBC does not "support" amd processors. the software works fine but i am wondering if i am really missing out here or if its not noticeable?  Only performance issue i have is point cloud regeneration seems to be very slow on big jobs....not sure if that's the processor issue not being supported?

    Thanks

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    sean maxwell
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  • 2.  RE: TBC with Intel VS AMD

    Posted 10-24-2022 13:25
    You should have read the system requirements in TBC's release notes before purchasing new PCs:

    Processor: Dual-core 1.80 GHz or better recommended Quad-core 2.80 GHz or better (additional cores with hyper-threading support highly recommended for Aerial Photogrammetry, Mobile Mapping, and Scanning modules) Important! Because components of TBC make use of Intel-only multi-thread processing, AMD Ryzen processors are not supported.

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    James McWha
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  • 3.  RE: TBC with Intel VS AMD

    Posted 10-24-2022 14:13
    Edited by sean maxwell 10-24-2022 14:16
    shoulda coulda woulda didn't. LOL. Not an issue with the other 99.9% of software so it didn't cross my mind.

    More just curious about the performance difference between the two for future

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    sean maxwell
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  • 4.  RE: TBC with Intel VS AMD

    Posted 10-24-2022 15:17
    I'm not sure it will matter much except for those few things that actually use multithreading - I believe exclusively related to point clouds. Building large surfaces, for example, only uses a single core of the CPU and no GPU.

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    Nelson Hays
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  • 5.  RE: TBC with Intel VS AMD

    Posted 10-25-2022 04:31
    It shouldn't matter too much, I wouldn't worry about it! There are a lot of software limitations on TBC. I went from a $250 to a $1500 graphics card and barely noticed a difference!

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    Adam Bower
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