Return-Path: Received: from gateway05.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.22.93] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4977738 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:41:53 +0100 Received: by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id AD9C36D841AFF; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:48:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17286D841AC7 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:48:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from [199.21.106.72] (port=57230 helo=[192.168.0.7]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U6kvm-00063U-FW for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:48:06 -0600 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_A1B6D666-0CE8-4DC7-8603-7BD21A5C831F" Subject: Re: [AE] New Video Board? Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:48:07 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.7]) [199.21.106.72]:57230 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== --Apple-Mail=_A1B6D666-0CE8-4DC7-8603-7BD21A5C831F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Some specific plug-ins are indeed GPU accelerated. A subset of that - as = well as AE's ray-traced 3D renderer - are accelerated by specific NVIDIA = GPUs featuring CUDA. If you're going to update your graphics card = anyway, you might as well get an NVIDIA CUDA card; there's been a lot of = discussion on this forum about which cards, and how to make so-called = PC-only cards work in Macs. If you're trying to speed up AE overall, CPU speed, disk access, and = more RAM are your biggest friends; you might want to look through = Adobe's white paper on the subject to pick which areas to upgrade: = http://www.adobe.com/go/dv_hw_performance - Chris On Feb 15, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Lachlan Westfall wrote: > I=92ve done AE and stuff long enough to recall when you=92d pay good = money for a board that would accelerate certain plug ins. >=20 > That kinda changed as native processors got faster. >=20 > Now it seems that the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT in my Quad Core is just = not cutting it. >=20 > Have we now reached the point where a bomb-ass CUDA accelerator card = is required? >=20 > Fortunately, I=92ve been really busy working and not able to track all = the tech stuff as much as I would like. >=20 > Thanks in advance for any advice. >=20 > -Lachlan Westfall > Quiet Earth Design --Apple-Mail=_A1B6D666-0CE8-4DC7-8603-7BD21A5C831F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Some = specific plug-ins are indeed GPU accelerated. A subset of that - as well = as AE's ray-traced 3D renderer - are accelerated by specific NVIDIA GPUs = featuring CUDA. If you're going to update your graphics card anyway, you = might as well get an NVIDIA CUDA card; there's been a lot of discussion = on this forum about which cards, and how to make so-called PC-only cards = work in Macs.

If you're trying to speed up AE = overall, CPU speed, disk access, and more RAM are your biggest friends; = you might want to look through Adobe's white paper on the subject to = pick which areas to upgrade: http://www.adobe.com/go= /dv_hw_performance

- = Chris



On Feb 15, = 2013, at 7:03 PM, Lachlan Westfall wrote:

New Video Board?
I=92ve done AE and stuff long enough to = recall when you=92d pay good money for a board that would accelerate = certain plug ins.

That kinda changed as native processors got faster.

Now it seems that the NVIDIA = GeForce 8800 GT in my Quad Core is just not cutting it.

Have we now reached the point where a bomb-ass CUDA accelerator card is = required?

Fortunately, I=92ve been really busy working and not able to track all = the tech stuff as much as I would like.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

-Lachlan Westfall
Quiet Earth Design

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