Good graphics card for Non GPU rendering

[chad]

I've got a 4 year old AMD threadripper and a Titan RTX card, and I'm about to upgrade to a new AMD box, can someone recommend a newer comparable graphics card that hopefully isn't as much money as the Titan was?
Don't do much GPU rendering or Vantage rendering, just need something responsive in the UI.

thanks!

[glorybound]

The Titan was a bust for me. I spent a lot on it and I don't think it ever made me money. I am now on a 4090RTX, and it is working well for my interiors. I guess it depends on your budget. The 4090 is $2000, and the $3090 is $1500. The 3080 is around $500.

[chad]

great, thanks! I'll take a look at that one.

[Mr.Mxyzptlk]

Just curious. Why would you have a thread ripper to do CPU rendering and need a 4090?

[chad]

Just curious. Why would you have a thread ripper to do CPU rendering and need a 4090?

I have no idea! LOL. I haven't kept up with graphics cards at all the last few years. I just need something that can keep up.

[Joelaff]

Still nice to have a 4090 for responsive viewport, and every other tool that uses GPU for stuff. I think there are a couple cheaper cards like the 4060 or 4070 or something that are a better bang for the buck if you don't need to render with it. I always just by the big one... because. I always get burned on the Threadrippers, where the next gaming chip outperforms it for like 1/8th the price. Not sure why I keep buying those.

[Pixelcon]

1600 USD to drive a viewport? Surely not...

[Joelaff]

If you want to smoothly orbit and pan giant models it's worth it... Good for games too

[Pixelcon]

Good for games too

Just don't tell the tax man

[Joelaff]

Gaming is market research.