I know of several systems that were configured with the GTX 570 and they perform great.
Richard Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Uwe Soltau <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Lee, Neil and Gregg, > > Nobody can really say what one needs. > Adobe have minimum requirements but then it depends largely on the > complexity > of work one is doing. > I am making videos mainly for my own fun and I think any of the graphic > cards I mentioned > will do the job. > I think I will go for the GTX 570 as it is on the list of cards approved > by Adobe. > > Uwe > > > Uwe > > > > I never found a complete answer when I went on a similar quest a year ago. > > Some people at Adobe pointed out that their favorite cards are > > Quadro's, but > > could not give a technical justification for them. Several pointed out, as > > does Neil, that the GeForce line has more features to assist gamers than > > does Quadro, but no one explained exactly what software features of > > graphics > > cards are most necessary for video encoding and rendering functions. > > Benchmarks specifically comparing video functions of Quadro against > > GeForce > > are hard to find. Gamer's perform lots of things like tessellation, but > > video never does, which is what many benchmarks focus on. > > > > Nevertheless, benchmarks comparing CUDA capabilities shows that CUDA cores > > do indeed help in an overall sense, in conjunction with sufficient memory > > (there is a suspicion that if the memory is too small to contain all the > > buffers necessary for all the CUDA cores, some CUDA cores may go unused). > > But apparently different aspects of video processing require differing > > features, and some things can't use the CUDA at all. So the more CPU > > threads > > running, the better performance, and again, sufficient memory for each > > thread. Memory bandwidth intuitively should help performance, but getting > > repeatable hard numbers can be tiring! > > > > Have fun! > > > > Lee > > > > From: [email protected] > > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com>] > > On Behalf Of Uwe Soltau > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 3:06 PM > > To: [email protected] > > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [AP] New computer > > > > > > At last - I have decided to change my steam driven computer for a new one. > > > > I am predominantly making amateur movies but do the odd job (so far max > > 3 cameras). > > Time is NOT the most important consideration. I want to be able to > > smoothly edit AVCHD > > footage in CS6 but obviously also render a bit faster than now. (26 > > hours for 1h 45min :-( ) > > > > I have a good idea of what to get but would like to get some advice on a > > few points. > > > > 1. What are the most important points to look for on a graphics card? > > Number of Cuda cores, memory or memory bandwidth or what?? > > I am looking at the NVIDIA GTX 650Ti , the GTX 660 or the GTX 570 > > The 650 Ti has 768 Cuda cores, is available with 1024 or 2048MB memory > > and the memory bandwidth is > > 86.4 GB/s > > The 660 has 960 Cuda cores, 2048 Mb memory and the bandwidth is 144,2 > > GB/s. > > The 570 has (only) 480 Cuda cores, 1280 MB memory but the bandwidth is > > 152 GB/s!!!! > > and that card is the most expensive one. > > Would anybody have an idea what the min bandwidth for video editing > > should be? > > > > 2. Does anybody do overclocking and is it advisable? I do generally > > not like to push things to > > the limit. Overclocking would require additional cooling (liquid). > > > > I don't mind spending money for what I need but don't like to waste it > > and rather spend it where it counts. > > > > Any thoughts > > > > Thanks > > > > Uwe > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
