Ryzen 9 Visual Effects Workstation Overview
This Ryzen 9 Visual Effects workstation is built around the Ryzen 9 9950X with an RTX 5080 16GB video card.
This combination provides a very powerful solution for modeling, editing, and final rendering.
This workstation is designed for use in applications such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, Cinema4D, Houdini, and ZBrush.
Ryzen 9 Visual Effects Workstation Upgrades/Changes
If your application benefits from a Pro GPU driver, we recommend the RTX Pro 4500 Blackwell 32GB, RTX Pro 5000 Blackwell 48GB, or RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell 96GB.
If you need more than 256GB of RAM, we recommend a build based on Threadripper, as it supports ECC memory. 384GB is the highest we can go on Threadripper non-Pro, without resorting to EXTREMELY expensive 128GB or 256GB DIMMs. 768GB is the highest we can normally go on Threadripper Pro, for the same reasons. 2.25TB is the highest we can go on dual-EPYC, for the same reasons.
Ryzen 9 Visual Effects Workstation Limitations
This platform is currently limited to 32 threads, 1 GPU, and 256GB of memory. 2-GPU setups are available, though they do require the use of a high-end motherboard. Please let us know if you need a more robust platform.
Builds In This Set
Visual Effects Desktop Workstations
Ryzen 9 Visual Effects | Threadripper Visual Effects | Threadripper Pro Visual Effects
CPU Rendering Desktop Workstations
Ryzen 9 CPU Render | Threadripper CPU Render | Threadripper Pro CPU Render
Dual EPYC 9005 Low | Dual EPYC 9005 Medium
Dual EPYC 9005 Extreme | Dual EPYC 9005 Ultimate



