Mari officially supports only a /very //small /number of 'gaming' cards,
but in reality it works just fine with quite a variety. I have no idea
what your budget is, but I'll echo Phil's mention of a 770 or 780. Those
are great for a solid RS experience. Heck, on my old 470 I was having a
blast too!
Seriously though... gaming cards these days.... they're pretty sweet and
rival or surpass Quadros for all but the most demanding situations.
-Tim
On 3/23/2014 2:42 PM, phil harbath wrote:
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for reference I have 1 770 ($380) and 1 780 ($500) and the price
difference is on par with the performance upgrade.
*From:* Nancy Jacobs <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, March 23, 2014 3:45 PM
*To:* [email protected]
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*Subject:* Re: Rendering alternative to mental ray needed..
Thank you all so much for this information about Redshift! I'm
planning on testing it out today, it looks like a very good tool for
me. And I love the FPrime-like preview with gradual refinement. I
really got hooked on that feedback some years ago. Miss it.
One question. I have a quadro fx 3800 in a 3DBoxx machine a few years
old....which I see qualifies for Redshift, but needs replacing anyway,
as it just won't cut it for Mari. Softimage works great with it, no
complaining with the same models and hi-res textures visble as i use
in Mari...but what can you do, Mari is elitist that way ;-)
I also have an older Boxx with an older quadro, but probably won't
bother using it for a render farm, as it's not as powerful, and that
would involve more expense. I will need to render quite a few frames
of animation for my current mega (for me) video project. Overnights
and days spent on my day job (painting) rendering with the newer Boxx,
that's the plan.
What would everyone suggest as a video card replacement, not too
pricey but substantially better than what I have? Yes I do have to
check with Boxx or find out what will fit in there with my current
motherboard, but, just off the cuff suggestions. There's always a
point where the cost/benefit ratio levels off... And I'm thinking not
to go with a quadro this time, another GeForce might do just as well
with more power for the price? If so , what's a good major step up,
works well with Mari and Redshift, priced for the little guy...
Thanks!
Nancy
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