New graphiccard for Octane Render

[Welti]

Hi guys,

i want to order a new graphic card to get faster render and to get bigger scenes in my vram. I looked around at the actual gpu-market and found an interesting comparison between the latest cards at a CUDA PMC benchmark, its only in german but if you just focus on the pictures i hope you can understand what i want to explain:

http://www.tomshardware.de/geforce-gtx- ... 92-22.html

In most cases of the first three tests the "old" gtx 580 is relatively close the the gtx titan but it only costs a third (about ~300 €)! A negative point to the gtx 580 is, it has only 1.5GB of VRam
But how do you think about that?

Actually i am using a gtx 470, do you think it would be a big upgrad for me?

[Refracty]

1. Gtx 580 and a Titan is not realy close in terms of speed. But a 580 is a great card.
2. A 590 will be close to a Titan in terms of speed (maybe 10-15 % slower)
3. A 580 was available with 3GB VRam

If you are looking mostly for speed get a 590.
If you are looking for scene size get a 580 3GB.
If money doesn't matter get one or more Titans.
A 680 4GB could also be an option...

If I would decide on budget, I would get a cheap 580 even if it would be 1.5 GB.
If your job pays the investment back, then get a Titan and you could add more in the future.

[Welti]

Thank you very much for your reply.

Sadly the GTX 580 is only available with 1.5GB, and the GTX 590 isn't even available anymore (just one reseller who require 650€ )

Do you know where i can find some octane-render graphic card comparison for the gtx 590?

[Refracty]

I would check out the latest benchmarks on the forum.

But there is one thing to keep in mind:
The older Octane Versions are not optimized for the newer 6 Series (New Kepler).
The latest Octane releases bring optimized performance to the new Kepler architecture.
So when I see that the 580 is faster then a 680 on tomshardware that means that this benchmark is based on an older Octane Version.
How many slots are free on your Mobo?
2 x 670s 4GB could be a nice upgrade too if you have 2 free PCIe slots...

[Welti]

So when I see that the 580 is faster then a 680 on tomshardware that means that this benchmark is based on an older Octane Version.

Okay, thank you for reminding me.

2 x 670s 4GB could be a nice upgrade too if you have 2 free PCIe slots...

That is sadly not possible with my budget, i don't want to spend more then 300 €. So the best graphic card i can afford is the gtx 680. On the first tests of this card i read that it is actually slower then the gtx 580, you said something about optimized performance so is the gtx 680 now faster then the gtx 580? Otherwise i will go for the 50€ cheaper gtx 580.

[glimpse]

get 670, better value, than 680.. speed doesn't differ so much to be noticible, it runs a bit cooler, less heat = less noise.. /consider leaving rig overnight if needed/. diff in Kepler and Fermi is texture count too.. /personally I do have 670 & very hapy with it../ 580 on the other hand is faster a bit, but,..more hot, louder, less ram, less textures..older architecture..- less future friendly =) unless You can get it very cheep.

cheers

[lilbignik]

Hi guys,

i want to order a new graphic card to get faster render and to get bigger scenes in my vram. I looked around at the actual gpu-market and found an interesting comparison between the latest cards at a CUDA PMC benchmark, its only in german but if you just focus on the pictures i hope you can understand what i want to explain:

http://www.tomshardware.de/geforce-gtx- ... 92-22.html

In most cases of the first three tests the "old" gtx 580 is relatively close the the gtx titan but it only costs a third (about ~300 €)! A negative point to the gtx 580 is, it has only 1.5GB of VRam
But how do you think about that?

Actually i am using a gtx 470, do you think it would be a big upgrad for me?

I think the best videocard for octane at this moment with not so high price is GTX 770 4GB. price little bit more then 300 €.

[Welti]

Is the GTX 770 faster then the GTX 670?

[glimpse]

770 is upgraded 680 model with few tweeks & diff soft inside to manage temperature/overclocking + better cooling unit.

[karanis]

I would strongly recomend GTX580 for the moment. The trick is that, you have to cool it but it`s very easy and cheap. Hybrid cooling like Asetek 740GF (for 70$ at ebay) or Arctic Accelero Hybrid (about 100$ at newegg), it can stay silent and cool. My GTX580s are running at 930 MHz now using Asetek 740GF and with 3x580 and a 680, I can reach about 17.8 Ms/sec in the benchmark scene . A titan makes about 7Ms/sec. This roughly means that 2 GTX580 can reach 1 Titan and its is half down cheaper.