Just to offer a contrary view, dt runs fine on much less powerful cards than these. What I would say though is to make sure that whatever AMD card you choose is supported by the AMD GPUpro drivers. My old hd6770 card was plenty fast enough - but became unusable when I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 and the old OpenCL drivers needed for dt disappeared. In the brave new world I then needed AMDGPUpro not the generic AMDGPU driver to support the OpenCL functions dt uses.
Good luck, Rob. -----Original Message----- From: Niccolò Belli [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 04 December 2016 23:15 To: Dan McDaniel Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [darktable-user] Chosing the optimal CPU for darktable On sabato 3 dicembre 2016 23:59:14 CET, Dan McDaniel wrote: > I've been following this thread and it has prompted me to think about > upgrading from my current Intel chipset video. I'm trying to decide > among the AMD 460/470/480 cards. > > How much difference can I expect between a 460 and the more expensive > 480? Are there other advantages of going with the 480, such as > future-proofing? The memory is important, so you should go with at least 4GB. I suggest you to go with at least the 470, 480 would be better if you have more money to invest, otherwise take the 470. Niccolò Belli ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
