Re: Graphic card for a workstation again

2012-08-21 Thread Byron Nash
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Meng-Yang Lu *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2012 11:56 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Graphic card for a workstation again

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2012-08-21 Thread Sajjad Amjad
@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Graphic card for a workstation again ** ** So glad I asked. Hahaha. I knew your thorough personality yields the best answers. Thanks much! ** ** -Lu On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote

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2012-08-20 Thread Matt Lind
stability. Framerate isn't everything, stability often matters more. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:30 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card

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2012-08-20 Thread Meng-Yang Lu
: Graphic card for a workstation again ** ** Maybe it is so but it still doesn't change the fact that after replacing gtx580 with radeon7970 I got HUGE improvement in frame rates in viewport and no problems at all as well :) It seems that all new gtx cards after 280 are crippled

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2012-08-20 Thread Matt Lind
, August 17, 2012 10:30 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card for a workstation again Maybe it is so but it still doesn't change the fact that after replacing gtx580 with radeon7970 I got HUGE improvement in frame rates in viewport

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2012-08-20 Thread Meng-Yang Lu
. ** ** ** ** Matt ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Meng-Yang Lu *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2012 11:37 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Graphic card for a workstation again

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2012-08-20 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
We have the 560Ti and it works fine with Softimage. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Meng-Yang Lu Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 2:56 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card for a workstation again

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2012-08-20 Thread Leoung O'Young
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Meng-Yang Lu *Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2012 2:56 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Graphic card for a workstation again So glad I asked. Hahaha. I knew your thorough personality yields the best answers

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2012-08-20 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card for a workstation again Hi Marc, Thanks, I think that is what I will go with, off hand would you know what brand it is, Asus, Msi, PNY, EVGA, Galaxy etc? Leoung On 8/20/2012 3:17 PM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau wrote: We have the 560Ti and it works fine

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2012-08-20 Thread Len Krenzler
So...does that mean some of that tech (something similar to PantaRay for example) will find it's way into SI soon, therefore the reason to buy Nvidia? :-) On 8/17/2012 10:51 PM, Chris Chia wrote: Nah Ben, that's not the reason! ;) I think Nvidia research has spent a lot of effort in

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2012-08-20 Thread Sven Constable
for any professional DCC application. my 2 cents. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 20:23 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Graphic card for a workstation again

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2012-08-20 Thread Matt Lind
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Meng-Yang Lu Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:56 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card for a workstation again So glad I asked. Hahaha. I knew your thorough personality yields the best answers. Thanks much! -Lu On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Matt

Graphic card for a workstation again

2012-08-17 Thread Leoung O'Young
Trying to decide on a graphic card for a workstation. I was doing some research, there is suppose to be a good discussion in the XSIbase forum but the site comes up with a virus warning. Any thought on the list of cards?. Normally I would stay with the Nvidia but I have read good things about

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2012-08-17 Thread Ben Houston
I always go here for GPU and CPU benchmarks. It is great because they also have the price/performance ratio: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html -ben On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Leoung O'Young digim...@digimata.com wrote: Trying to decide on a graphic card for a

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2012-08-17 Thread Len Krenzler
A lot of people that were testing on XSIbase were getting drastically better performance from the ATI cards (about 2x-3x) and the point selection problem seemed to be gone. The latest Nvidia GTX cards (after the 2xx series) seem to be intentionally hobbled. The conclusion on the XSIbase

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2012-08-17 Thread Leoung O'Young
Hi Len, thanks for your input. On 8/17/2012 3:24 PM, Len Krenzler wrote: A lot of people that were testing on XSIbase were getting drastically better performance from the ATI cards (about 2x-3x) and the point selection problem seemed to be gone. The latest Nvidia GTX cards (after the 2xx

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2012-08-17 Thread Mirko Jankovic
No issues here. I was one of radeon 7970 testers and can confirm all the best about it. I replaced gtx 580 where I had with an script (rotating cube 831x800x800 subdivs in full screen shaded) approx 17fps and after like 30 esec of rotation goin gup to 80fps, and right after I replaced it with

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2012-08-17 Thread Leoung O'Young
Hi Mirko, What brand name Radeon 7970 do you have? Thanks, Leoung On 8/17/2012 3:47 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: No issues here. I was one of radeon 7970 testers and can confirm all the best about it. I replaced gtx 580 where I had with an script (rotating cube 831x800x800 subdivs in full

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2012-08-17 Thread Sven Constable
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 21:47 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card for a workstation again No issues here. I was one of radeon 7970 testers and can confirm all the best about it. I

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2012-08-17 Thread Mirko Jankovic
http://www.guru3d.com/news/gigabyte-radeon-hd-7970-oc-windforce-review/ Sorry for link to review but forgot full model number to look for it on gigabyte page. That is card. No glitches at all, I usually have main screen middle monitor ofc, animation editor on right and bunch of other smaller

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2012-08-17 Thread Mirko Jankovic
Also if you are interested here are some OpenCL results between gtx680 and ati 7970: Originally Posted by *Raycat* I ran the Luxmark 2.0 Open CL benchmark. These are the results on my AsUs GTX 680 2 GB (NOT OC'ed): Room: 275 Sala: 605 Luxball HDR: 3925 Luxball: 689 Luxball Sky: 2358 Luxmark 2.0

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2012-08-17 Thread piotrek marczak
with 500+ objects I see no difference between this radeon and 285. if you have any specific glitchbug to test let me know, Ill check if its present. From: Sven Constable Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:06 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Graphic card for a workstation again Hi

Re: Graphic card for a workstation again

2012-08-17 Thread piotrek marczak
and ati7870... lux gpu only Room: 767 Sala: 1333 Luxball HDR: 10917 Luxball: 1505 Luxball Sky: 4829 From: Mirko Jankovic Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 10:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Graphic card for a workstation again Also if you are interested here are some OpenCL

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2012-08-17 Thread Chris Chia
I would personally choose Nvidia over ATI... ;) Chris On 18 Aug, 2012, at 3:24 AM, Len Krenzler l...@creativecontrol.camailto:l...@creativecontrol.ca wrote: A lot of people that were testing on XSIbase were getting drastically better performance from the ATI cards (about 2x-3x) and the point

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2012-08-17 Thread Mirko Jankovic
Any reason for that kind of personal preference, when all tests shows that nvidia is staying in the dust behind ati? btw talking about gaming cards here, not overpriced quadros :) If someone else was buying and not interested in budget then fine but when waging performance / price wise as

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2012-08-17 Thread Ben Houston
Chris Chia and I think a few others in the Singapore Softimage team are ex-NVIDIA guys. ;-) -ben On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Mirko Jankovic mirko.janko...@aeonproduction.com wrote: Any reason for that kind of personal preference, when all tests shows that nvidia is staying in the dust

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2012-08-17 Thread Chris Chia
Nah Ben, that's not the reason! ;) I think Nvidia research has spent a lot of effort in understanding what the production studios really need... Take a look at this interesting article: http://www.nvidia.com/object/wetadigital_avatar.html Chris On 18 Aug, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Ben Houston

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2012-08-17 Thread Mirko Jankovic
Maybe it is so but it still doesn't change the fact that after replacing gtx580 with radeon7970 I got HUGE improvement in frame rates in viewport and no problems at all as well :) It seems that all new gtx cards after 280 are crippled in an effort to push overpriced quadros. But ofc we need to