Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv — Message #54319
From: Robert Kjettrup <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: Re: [AE] Recommended Vid Cards for AE
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:27:53 +0200
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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I would suggest you go the nvidia route, and i think getting a card with more ram is more important than the most cores. Ram is a hard limit that can stop you from doing certain things, but the speed of the card just gets you longer coffee breaks :-D

BUT, if you change to a Nvidia card from a AMD, then make sure to remove ALL drivers and any hints of any AMD in the system, or else you might get some crashes. i learned that when i temporaily had an AMD card in while waiting for the Titan Black to be released, i forgot to remove something AMD related and i got a few hard crashes. Removing all those AMD things and reinstalling the latest Nvidia drivers and i have been rock solid for months now :-D

What exact card that is best value i dont know, somebody else will chime in with good info im sure, but just wanted to say the importance of clearing all AMD if you switch to Nvidia.

Robert




2014-06-18 16:13 GMT+02:00 Mr. Eric D. Kirk <AE-List@media-motion.tv>:
Hello,
 
I know this conversation comes up once in a while but I have this AMD Radeon HD 6970, 2GM RAM and I'm running Windows, I7 processor, 36GB RAM.  The machine hums pretty well but just wondering if there is room for improvment with the vid card.  I always get that pop up when I launch AE about the ray tracing and other things hang here and there.
 
So, my question is, do you all have recommendations for a good card to run AE, suitable for Element 3D, and Mettle Products too.
 
Not looking for the $2K card but something reasonable in price and good recommendations.
 
Thanks,
Eric
 


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