geforce 550TI vs Geforce 460 w 2G RAm

[sadabukon]

Which card will perform better for Octane render??? I can get a 550 TI for 140$ as opposed to 200$ for 460 w 2G of ram.. will it still be better to spend additional 60 bucks for 460 for its extra 1G of ram?? i'm so confused!!

suggestions will be much appreciated!

[mib2berlin]

Hi, the 550 has the same cuda core count but is a little slower, 700 GFlops : 900 GFlops but nobody knows exactly what this means for octane.
You need the Vram for textures and meshes and it is no problem to hit the 1 GB border with big textures (2048 or 4096 pixel).
If you have highpoly modells and/or big textures go for the 460 2 GB, some here go for the 3 GB cards.
I often need to reduce texture sizes or polys with my 896 MB.

Cheers mib

[sadabukon]

Thanks alot MiB!