Re: [Avid-L2] Re: GPU vs CPU: Best bang for buck

Depends if you also do 3D rendering. CPU helps a lot there.
I went for a quadro 2000 and faster processors for my multi purpose machine.


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On Jun 5, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Terence Curren wrote:

> My non scientific testing suggests GPU and RAM makes more of a difference.
>
> And certain plugins that are optimized for GPU like BCC really speed up.
>
> Plus other apps you may want to run on the same CPU like Resolve for example are totally GPU dependent.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, chris magid <chris_rtvf@...> wrote:
> >
> > Upgrading CPUs.
> >
> > Choices driven by economics and technical curiosity.
> >
> > High end quadro fx 5000 and single processor 6 or 4 core z420 (or z400).
> >
> > OR
> >
> > Entry level quadro fx 600/2000 and dual processor 12 core z820 (or z800)
> >
> > Both configs with 32GB of RAM.
> >
> > Give the current state of the software which is more beneficial to Avid Media Composer performance CPU or GPU power.
> >
> > They make a lot of noise about ADP, CUDA and OGL but wondering how it really works.
> >
> > Christopher Magid
> > RTVF
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>



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