Return-Path: Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4689740 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:13:09 +0200 Received: by eeke53 with SMTP id e53so1904244eek.28 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:14:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:to :references:message-id:x-mailer; bh=tC3qnExE4OL4lkn8tzZDKc8OVzceY5tfl3rBgVLDOCA=; b=y6vfFb1U14WeXQJX+e4Wfnv3nNWOvCDjFyarY+aq7D+hwyR4kThY5bI48SMH65E2In WqnqXr0iPyg7/IeeDXbMyRDH8441l1I1D7eKCnYscT5FycukbHYXJO53QmskyxYVJW0n b6pMM1ZByiFzKLUs8EML1+daY4fmrOgvVbMglclg7CwpkKUGD6BVgCvYbjyoAscqwZtu gGEu9BoAPpt81pw8qs37YhqWnEcODXLazM8TZoRzgGblVvCmtwoa85yFMKugaUA2P75R sBM8bBEcpJClTVDgdTwGpYp97Ug5TpfKOykI3q5+cyHYK21gdG4JnHDYpcY4Azm5UNOk dxOw== Received: by 10.213.4.8 with SMTP id 8mr216053ebp.174.1334754845183; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.200.72] ([62.21.178.4]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m55sm117791788eei.1.2012.04.18.06.14.03 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:14:04 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Gary Berendsen From: Gary Berendsen Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7B8C78DD-EEAF-4984-9581-01244F3130F7" Subject: Re: [AE] GTX 580 in CS6 (should have been GTX 580 vs Quadro 4000) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:14:02 +0200 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <6555DD84-E5BA-4513-983D-113A99B4EE56@garyberendsen.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) --Apple-Mail=_7B8C78DD-EEAF-4984-9581-01244F3130F7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The performance price choice is: gtx570 2.5GB =80339 euro gtx580 1.5 =80359 gtx580 3 =80589 Quadro 4 =80718 PC =80843 mac In what I can find, gpu benchmark and c4d benches show the 570 and 580 = are pretty close. Gary Berendsen - VFX Generalist @DuintjerCS Kamer 1.009 Vijzelstraat 72 1017 HL Amsterdam gary@garyberendsen.com mob:+31 6 1438 5398 http://garyberendsen.com On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Satya G Meka wrote: > +1 for GTX 580 (3GB). I've recently got one and I'm very satisfied = with its CUDA performance. I don't have any benchmarks against Quadro = 4000, but it certainly feels faster. >=20 > Satya G Meka. > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Robert Houghton wrote: >=20 >> That makes things interesting since the price difference between a = Quadro 4000 and the 3GB 580GTX is less than $250 depending on where you = shop for parts. I would love to hear from anyone who's tried CS6 with = the 580. I suppose if someone were to do a render test in Premiere Pro = 5.5 it might give an indicator of what advantage you could get with = either card but without a base to compare it to this is all speculative. = If you go with raw Cuda cores the 580GTX has twice as many plus more RAM = than the Quadro. That alone should make a major difference but it's all = about the drivers. >>=20 >> -Rob >>=20 >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Chris Meyer = wrote: >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> - Chris >>>=20 >>>=20 >> --=20 >> Robert Houghton | Motion Graphics Designer >> www.houghtonmedia.com >> ph. 503.347.2234 >> email. rob@houghtonmedia.com >=20 --Apple-Mail=_7B8C78DD-EEAF-4984-9581-01244F3130F7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 The = performance price choice is:

gtx570 2.5GB =80339 = euro
gtx580 1.5 =80359
gtx580 3 =   = =80589
Quadro 4 =80718 PC
= =80843 mac

In what I can find, gpu = benchmark and c4d benches show the 570 and 580 are pretty = close.


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On Apr 17, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Satya G Meka wrote:

On Tuesday, = April 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Robert Houghton wrote:

That makes things interesting since = the price difference between a Quadro 4000 and the 3GB 580GTX is less = than $250 depending on where you shop for parts. I would love to hear = from anyone who's tried CS6 with the 580. I suppose if someone were to = do a render test in Premiere Pro 5.5 it might give an indicator of what = advantage you could get with either card but without a base to compare = it to this is all speculative. If you go with raw Cuda cores the = 580GTX has twice as many plus more RAM than the Quadro. That alone = should make a major difference but it's all about the drivers.

  -Rob

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 = at 10:48 AM, Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>= wrote:
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


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