Tribal Gorilla, a dynamic animation and VFX studio, was venturing into the complex and demanding world of real-time virtual production with high end LED walls. As newcomers to this specific technology, they faced a critical hurdle: sourcing a workstation powerful and reliable enough for their new virtual studio. They needed a partner with deep expertise to guide them through the hardware sea.
About Tribal Gorilla
Tribal Gorilla is a filmmaking, VFX, and media production house based in India. Their creative portfolio spans feature films, ad films and music videos. Pushing the boundaries of digital storytelling, they expanded their capabilities by building a virtual studio to pioneer real-time virtual productions, a cutting-edge technique used in modern filmmaking.
You can check out their work on their Instagram page.
The Challenge: Navigating Uncharted Hardware Territory
Tribal Gorilla’s primary challenge was a knowledge gap. Moving into real-time virtual production requires a deep understanding of specialized hardware. They needed a system that was not only powerful enough for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine but also perfectly compatible with their new LED volume, VR gear, and other intricate studio devices.
Finding a reliable vendor with proven expertise in this niche was difficult. This created a significant bottleneck that risked delaying their projects before they could even begin. They needed a technical consultant who could provide a solution from the ground up.
The Objective: A System for Seamless Production
The goal was clear: to design and build a high-performance workstation that could effortlessly handle the immense demands of a virtual production environment. This system needed to be:
- VR-Ready: To seamlessly integrate with their virtual reality hardware for immersive pre-visualization and camera work.
- Powerful for Real-Time Rendering: To eliminate lag and stutter during complex shoots on the LED volume.
- Versatile: To function not only as the primary production machine but also as a powerful media server when needed.
- Reliable: To provide peace of mind during costly production where failure was not tolerated.
- Expertly Guided: To provide Tribal Gorilla with the confidence that their hardware foundation was solid, reliable, and built by a team they could trust.
The MVP’s Solution: A Purpose-Built Virtual Production Powerhouse
Understanding that a virtual production workflow is one of the most demanding tasks for any workstation, TheMVP built a solution where every component was selected for maximum performance, stability, and synergy. The goal was to eliminate bottlenecks and provide a seamless, real-time creative experience.
The final configuration:
- Processor: AMD Threadripper Pro 5975WX (Up to 4.50 GHz)
- Benefit in VP: Virtual production isn’t just about graphics. The CPU handles complex physics, scene logic, and asset processing in Unreal Engine. The 32 cores of the 5975WX provide immense parallel processing power, ensuring that the engine runs smoothly without stuttering, even in highly complex environments.
- Motherboard: Asus WRX80E Sage SE Wifi
- Benefit in VP: This workstation-grade motherboard is the stable foundation. It offers robust power delivery for the demanding CPU and provides the vast number of PCIe lanes necessary to run the powerful GPU, high-speed NVMe storage, and the critical Quadro Sync card at their full bandwidth simultaneously.
- RAM: 256GB Hynix ECC DDR4 3200MHz (4x64GB)
- Benefit in VP: Large, photorealistic Unreal Engine scenes with 8K textures can consume enormous amounts of memory. 256GB of RAM allows artists to build vast and detailed worlds without system slowdowns. The ECC (Error-Correcting Code) functionality is crucial, preventing random memory errors that could cause a crash during a critical live shoot or render.
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Lovelace 48GB
- Benefit in VP: This is the heart of the real-time rendering process. The massive 48GB VRAM is essential for loading the high-resolution assets and textures required to drive a large LED wall. The Ada Lovelace architecture delivers the raw horsepower needed for real-time ray tracing and maintaining high frame rates, which is non-negotiable for believable virtual sets.
- Sync Card: NVIDIA Quadro Sync II
- Benefit in VP: For an LED wall, perfect display synchronization is mandatory to avoid visual tearing. The Quadro Sync II card orchestrates the output from the GPU across all the LED panels, ensuring a single, flawless, and perfectly synced image which is a critical component for professional broadcast and film work.
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