How long can you can your computer on with this card in it? 

On 2014-12-11 05:36, Mario Reitbauer wrote: 

> Got the msi gtx 970 gaming 4g. Quite happy with it. 
> 
> 2014-12-11 10:03 GMT+01:00 Mirko Jankovic <[email protected]>:
> 
> right now 970 is best bang for backs. 
> they do not heat too much, power consumption is prety low and they do really 
> good job. 
> and on top of that Redshift as perfect companion ;) 
> viewport performance is not that big issue at all between two cards but being 
> able to utilise GPU rendering with CUDA is way more higher on the list then 
> couple more FPS in viewport 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Christoph Muetze <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> I'd stay clear of the ATI/AMD consumer cards if I were you. From our
> experience Soft becomes generally less stable (crashing a lot more), and
> the raycast selection is going haywire sometimes.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 11/12/14 04:44, phil harbath wrote:
>> I went Redshift and have been very pleased. I can get by using a lot less 
>> computers than before on most projects, volume smoke is pretty much all I 
>> use MR for anymore. I have several computers with a combination of 780TI, 
>> 770, and 970, while I think the 780Ti give the best performance, it really 
>> makes more sense to buy the 970 as they are priced better or 980 if you have 
>> more cash. The Redshift say go with the cards with the most ram (that would 
>> be Titan 6tb, if you got even more cash), depends on your needs of course.
>>
>> From: David Rivera
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:51 PM
>> To: Softimage Mailing List
>> Subject: Best graphic card for Softimage?
>>
>> I know this subject has been posted a lot over the years, but it happens 
>> that I read a benchmark performance between autodesk products on certain 
>> webpage. They tested Radeons vs Nvidias and turns out that Mudbox and 
>> Softimage ran better on AMD (Radeons) - this is mental ray render.
>>
>>
>> So I was wondering whether to go full on mental ray (CPU) or take my savings 
>> and put it on a GPU renderer? Either case, now a days, which is the middle 
>> ranked graphic card for softimage? (My budget is around 1k).
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> David Rivera
>> 3D Compositor/Animator
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>>

 

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