well I do have 4 titans stacked in one cmp and 4x 970 on another, they do heat up the room :) but cards itself are fine. 970s rarely go over 60, titans can hit 5-10 degrees more. but good cooler room and cases and all ok
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Dan Yargici <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! >> >
