Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #43072
From: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] GTX 580 in CS6 (should have been GTX 580 vs Quadro 4000)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:01 -0700
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
The specific advantage of more VRAM is you can fit larger layers into memory instead of having them swapped out for processing. This is particularly an issue with environment maps in AE CS6 (see the first page of my review on PVC - http://tinyurl.com/AECS6onPVC). So I'd go for the 3 GB flavor.

- Chris



On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:17 AM, Robert Houghton <gfxguy74@gmail.com> wrote:

>    My primary question should have included that since the price of the Quadro 4000 is around $750 and a Nvidia GTX 580 runs between $400 and $600 depending on whether or not you want the 1.5 GB and 3 GB flavor. Which one would give better performance gains?
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>  -Rob
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