What graphics cards are good for Octane? - Budget: $200-$300

[Daniel]

Hi, I'm looking to purchase Octane Render, but first, after being blown away by the demo, it became apparent that my GeForce 8800GT was a little out of date for quick renders. So I've concluded that I will need to buy a new graphics card to work with Octane. The big question is, which one do I buy? I've seen a lot of talk about GTX460s and GTX480s, although I'm unsure of their price (I get a little confused when looking up graphics cards as there seem to be various versions), and I'm looking to spend up to around $300 for something that will do a good job (preferrably $200-$250). What do you suggest I get, and am I actually going to get anything worth buying within my budget range?

[radiance]

I'd get one of those new GTX460 cards with 2GB ram. that's fast and lots of video memory for larger scenes/resolutions.

Radiance

[Daniel]

I'm a little confused. Are they actually out yet?

[jipe]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814261077

[Daniel]

Thanks very much

[colorcurvature]

hi, i want to jump on the train aswell.

i need a new gfx card anyway.

i found some performance charts somewhere in these forums which seemed to favor the gtx470 as with a good price-per-mega
but now I read here there is 460 with 2gb

radiance, would you recommend a 460.2gb over the 470.1,2gb?

[radiance]

hi, i want to jump on the train aswell.

i need a new gfx card anyway.

i found some performance charts somewhere in these forums which seemed to favor the gtx470 as with a good price-per-mega
but now I read here there is 460 with 2gb

radiance, would you recommend a 460.2gb over the 470.1,2gb?

yes i would, but keep in mind that until cuda 3.2 is released you can only get 66% of it's speed in octane.

Radiance