Hello Everyone,
I am starting to learn Octane Render, plug in for ArchiCAD. Sadly currently using a gtx 560ti with 1gb of Vram. I really want to get into using Octane a lot and need to upgrade my gpu. I know the amount of Vram is critical. I can't decide between buying the Gtx 780 (3gb) or Gtx 770 (4gb). Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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mib2berlin
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Hi, the 780 is much faster than the 770 but also more expensive.
Look to you projects, how may RAM they are use.
If you have two PCIe slots you could use 560Ti and 770 for smaller scenes and 770 for bigger.
Later you change the 560Ti for a second 770, this is faster than Titan.
You can´t add video ram later, hard to decide.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gef ... 19-22.html
Cheers, mib.
Look to you projects, how may RAM they are use.
If you have two PCIe slots you could use 560Ti and 770 for smaller scenes and 770 for bigger.
Later you change the 560Ti for a second 770, this is faster than Titan.
You can´t add video ram later, hard to decide.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gef ... 19-22.html
Cheers, mib.
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mib2berlin,
Thanks for your reply. I have heard that two gtx 770's outperform the titan. I did quite a bit of research and pretty much found out that there will be no 780's with more Vram because Nvidia is imposing restrictions on manufacturers. On my motherboard I have three PCIe slots. It's a hard choice to make.
evga Gtx 770 4gb 519$
gtx 780 3gb 650$
gtx titan 6gb 1000$ way too expensive
Thanks for your reply. I have heard that two gtx 770's outperform the titan. I did quite a bit of research and pretty much found out that there will be no 780's with more Vram because Nvidia is imposing restrictions on manufacturers. On my motherboard I have three PCIe slots. It's a hard choice to make.
evga Gtx 770 4gb 519$
gtx 780 3gb 650$
gtx titan 6gb 1000$ way too expensive
consider this.. You have to waste two pcie conection, 4slot spacing with 770 in order to get the same performance as Titan, though in the other You stilll have 'only' 4gb, as scene should fit to every GPU, pluss.. You'll have to feed those two cards with proper power..- so two 770 do cost more, not only in GPUs, but in what they take out of Your system, pluss You get significantly less.
if You look forward & willing to do real work, maybe in the future add some more power to Your rig I think Titan is the most logical solution, though Yes, first impresion is that the card is costly..but is it really, when You consider everything? I would say 770 is more costly & has less value, than Titan. so it really depends how You look at these things.
if You look forward & willing to do real work, maybe in the future add some more power to Your rig I think Titan is the most logical solution, though Yes, first impresion is that the card is costly..but is it really, when You consider everything? I would say 770 is more costly & has less value, than Titan. so it really depends how You look at these things.
glimpse,
Thanks for the reply.
You are right. I might as well as invest in the Titan now and not regret it down the road.
I remember when starting to use Octane I crashed the program because of insufficient Vram from an exported obj file from Artlantis that had a lot of plants (repeating plants). Thanks.
Thanks for the reply.
You are right. I might as well as invest in the Titan now and not regret it down the road.
I remember when starting to use Octane I crashed the program because of insufficient Vram from an exported obj file from Artlantis that had a lot of plants (repeating plants). Thanks.