The Quadro 4000s are TERRIBLE when it comes to cooling. I seem to remember that they were idling at ~90 degrees C...
DAN On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > > It sounds like you were well past the 15000 hours mark on those components. > Practically no non-enterprise gear is guaranteed to work continuously for > that long. Most is considered to have a reliable life of 10k, after which > you roll the dice. > > A couple mobos for what sounds like 25k or more hours of active duty is > nothing to sneeze at. > > You could buy/set up better ventilation in the casing, but it's unlikely > that just heat, especially if it was never going past 50 ambient, was > shortening component life much. > > And yes, everybody has their stories of hardware that lasted fifteen > years, and cars that were still good after 250000 miles, but that's not the > average mileage you should expect from consumer level hardware, or even > non-server oriented hardware in general. > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Average temp ran around high 50's Celsius and rarely touched 70 C on a >> major render. It was on nearly continuously for 3 years until mobo died in >> Feb then Nov (warranty covered both). Any links for better cooling >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Henry >> >> On 2014-12-11 17:32, James De Colling wrote: >> >> thats bizarre, I had a quadro4000 in my old machine for 2 years without a >> problem. it was on 24/7 >> >> now I have a 770TI and again, its on 24/7 >> >> maybe look at some better cooling solutions? >> >> cheers >> >> james, >> >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:28 AM, hk-vndr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Apologies to my thumbs. I meant how long do you keep your computer on >>> with a card that generates such heat? >>> >>> In my case, I've had to replace my mobo twice this year from my Nvidia >>> quadro 4000. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Mirko Jankovic >>> Date:12/11/2014 2:32 PM (GMT-05:00) >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Best graphic card for Softimage? >>> >>> "How long can you can your computer on with this card in it?" >>> >>> Sry but clarification please? >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>>>> > LinkedIN >>>>>> > Behance >>>>>> > VFX Reel >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! >
