What should i use with Pp 5.5? Gtx580 or 680 or quadro?

[anatusa]

Hello

i am very new to nle and got PP 5.5, not sure if its an appropriate question to ask here, but still..... i am building a new station for my self now that will include:

The Intel® Desktop Board DX79TO, I7-3930K, 16 gb ram, and i am kind of stocked with the video card, as until now i was ATI owner HD4890...... but it was stated that PP supports now nvideo cards...

so i would like to ask what should i choose? GTX580 or 680 (seems like price is not much different) or Quadro ?

there are some variations of 580 ... 1500mb and 3000mb - not really sure if its worth having extra mb at all, the cheapest 580 is about 420$ , but the 3000mb is about 550$ , and 680 also can be found in 500-600$ range...... so its a dilemma! quadro is a bit more expansive toy 700-900 but is it better then gtx series?

from my understanding the more cudas u have the better..... also 680 is a fresh pci version....

any thoughts?


regards

[stefanhuberfilms]

Hi,

i would recommend the 680 related to CUDA cores, which will work nice if you do the cuda hack --> Mercury Playback Engine

you can get the most Informations here: http://www.studio1productions.com/Ar...remiereCS5.htm

as you can see in this article, the 580 will take just a few seconds longer to render your timeline... so if you want to safe your money i would go with the 580.

better more cuda then memory ;)

regards SH

[Shooter]

If I was you I would check the specs and requirements for CS6. ( You are bound to upgrade one day)

I believe that CS6 utilises Cuda cores differently to CS5.5 ( ie uses more of them) ...so you may as well future proof your self some degree.

[anatusa]

any ideas where i can find that info for cs6? its seems to me that it will support the same as 5.5 , but also ati cards for mac users...

the only thing is maybe Quadros are better to use now?

[Jim Simon]

Quadros are overpriced and underspec'd compared to gaming cards when it comes to the Mercury Playback Engine.

Right now a good model would be a 560Ti with 2GB of memory. You can pick one up for about $210. The 570 and 580 might offer some slight improvement, but probably not enough to justify the extra cost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130662

[mmka1985]

I had an NVidia and Adobe specialist show me the difference between using a GTX card and Quadro card side by side at NAB. The Quadro had much better performance than the GTX card when it came to using Premiere Pro. If I were the original poster invest in a card that will give you the best overall performance like a Quadro, Tesla or Maximus card.

[Jim Simon]

If the Quadro card had much better performance, it was because it had much better specs. (In short, not a proper comparison.)

Given the same specs, the two will perform about the same. The difference is that the Quadro with the same specs will cost a hell of a lot more than the GTX.

Given the same price, the GTX will always outperform the Quadro.

[LanceOregon]

Here is a comparison of key specs from these different NVIDIA models:

GTX 680

CUDA cores 1,536
memory interface: 256 bit
memory bandwidth: 192.2 GB/sec


GTX 580

CUDA cores 512
memory interface: 384 bit
memory bandwidth: 192.2 GB/sec


GTX 560 Ti

CUDA cores 384
memory interface: 256 bit
memory bandwidth: 128 GB/sec


Quadro 4000

CUDA cores 256
memory interface: 384 bit
memory bandwidth: 89.6 GB/sex


Quadro 5000

CUDA cores 352
memory interface: 320 bit
memory bandwidth: 120 GB/sex

[anatusa]

there is also gtx 590, i believe its dual GPU, i read somewhere its two 580 inside..... but also from what i read it looks like it has some tech issues

according to nvideo its best to use Quadro, but for some reasons they dont compare gtx at all
http://www.nvidia.com/object/premiere-pro-cs6.html

if to look at Cuda cores - again from what i heard the more the better, and GTX defiantly kills Quadros here....

as i understand rendering is still done by CPU, so its maybe better to invest in good CPU...., maybe its better to buy 2 Xeon, but if say true never was there and kind of scared to step in

I update my pc every 3 years and always kind of want to buy the best toy , but its hard to choose the Video Card, the rest of pc like Cpu, memory, mother boards - are easy to choose, but video cards are always pain in 1 place

[anatusa]

I had an NVidia and Adobe specialist show me the difference between using a GTX card and Quadro card side by side at NAB. The Quadro had much better performance than the GTX card when it came to using Premiere Pro. If I were the original poster invest in a card that will give you the best overall performance like a Quadro, Tesla or Maximus card.

would be great to know the exact models they compared....

about quadro + tesla together - i dont think its worth the money, according to that image there is some difference in speed but difference in price is HUGEeeee - http://www.nvidia.com/content/adobe/...price-perf.jpg