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Adding a second card, what to expect?

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:34 pm
by mguisado
I've finally added a second card to my system and I'm not sure I'm getting what I expected.

This is what I had before and after, plus different tests I've done.

1. GTX 1070 (1,920 cuda cores)
OctaneBench 3 result: 121
my render frame test: 44seg

2.GTX 1070 + GTX 1080 TI (3,584 cuda cores)
OctaneBench 3 result: 305
my render frame test: 21seg

So I'm getting about a 100% speed increase which is great but I thought I would get that by adding another GTX 1070 -the same card as I originally had.

I thank in advance any help/info I get about this subject.

Re: Adding a second card, what to expect?

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:07 pm
by zoppo
Try a scene that renders longer. These 44 / 21 seconds contain the times for preparing the scene and saving it and so on. They don't change because you got another card - they are not reliant on GPUs.

Re: Adding a second card, what to expect?

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:19 am
by mguisado
Ahhh makes sense.
Thanks zoppo.

Re: Adding a second card, what to expect?

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:24 am
by aoktar
mguisado wrote:Ahhh makes sense.
Thanks zoppo.
As said you should compare just render times. See whole time statistics in Console window.