Re: [Avid-L2] One card to rule them all?

For what I know the best one in terms of performance for CUDA-enabled applications you can get is the GeForce GTX 285. But - a s always - there's a trade-off: that card occupies two PCI-slots. To get the most of it it should be a dedicated card and not drive any displays. So in your MacPro you will have any display-card + the GeForce GTX 285 and end up with only one othe PCI-slot left. Unless: you have a PCIe-extender chassis - man, speaking of... I just remember those things for the Meridiens...

However, facts are these:

Quadro 4000

Total Frame Buffer 2 GB GDDR5
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 89.6 GB/s
Cuda Cores: 256

GTX285

Standard Memory Config 1024 MB GDDR3
Memory Interface Width 512-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 159 GB/s
Cuda Cores: 240

double the RAM but almost half the bandwidth for the 4000.

I personally got the 4000 and put it as a dedicated card into the MacPro - performs fine with Adobe products as well as Blackmagic Davinci Resolve. If I'd ever get an extender box, I might cnsider else but for now I have a video-I/O, FC-card and two graphics cards filling up the grater.

hth

On Jan 9, 2012, at 9:37 PM, Tim McLaughlin wrote:

> Does anyone have a recommendation on the "best" GPU card for an Intel Mac
> 8-core tower?
>
> In 2012 I'll be running Avid MC, PremierePro, AfterEffects and FCP (7 and
> X).
>
> I currently have a Kona 3 for HD/SD I/O and a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
> installed.
>
> I've googled, but I prefer personal recommendations from someone who is
> using it now.
>
> TIA
> --
> Tim McLaughlin
> Final Cut and Avid Editor
> http://vimeo.com/mcltim
> www.mcltim.com
>
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