Video Card Purchase

[glorybound]

I am ready to pull the trigger on a new video card. Which one would you suggest?

GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 970

They both have 4GB, but the 980 is $200 more on EBay.

[k-arts]

The GTX 970 has 1664 Cuda Cores, the 980 has 2048. I assume you should choose between your workflow. And even if you need Cuda Cores, maybe spend some more and get 2 970 and a new PSU For my workflow, i hardly use RT, and therefor i would go for the 970.

Hope it helps
Ralf

[stef.thomas]

970 for sure. The price to performance ratio just doesn't justify the extra cost for the 980.

[3LP]

For what purpose would this be?
If it's for RT GPU, go for it,
If it's for viewport performances, you might want to consider a quadro

Stan

[glorybound]

It's for viewport performance.

[Neilg]

970 for viewports

[glorybound]

Okay, 970 it is!

[Morbid Angel]

Okay, 970 it is!

make sure you dell has enough space in the case to fit it!

[glorybound]

make sure you dell has enough space in the case to fit it!

I will, thanks.

[glorybound]

Dell recommends:

Support for 2 PCI Express x16 Gen 2 graphics cards up to 150 watts

High End 3D:
NVIDIA Quadro® 6000
NVIDIA Quadro® 5000

Mid-range 3D:
ATI FirePro V7900
ATI FirePro V5900
NVIDIA Quadro® 4000
NVIDIA Quadro® 2000

Entry 3D:
ATI FirePro™ V4800
NVIDIA Quadro 600

Professional 2D:
NVIDIA Quadro® NVS 420 quad monitor card
NVIDIA Quadro® NVS 295
ATI FireMV™ V2260


GPU (Graphics Processing Unit for High-Performance Computing)


NVIDIA Tesla C2075

[glorybound]

If the 5000/6000 fit, which I had and is huge, this should fit.

http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-GeForce-...cm_wl_huc_item

[Morbid Angel]

see if the geforce matches the length of the quadro 6000 and also its height as they can be quite fat.

[Neilg]

you'll be fine, the quadro is way way bigger.

[glorybound]

Well, I didn't have the quatro in this box, but it does imply that'll fit in this box (otherwise it would be dumb to recommend it). The box I had it in, it didn't fit, so I had the box hanging open. I wasn't happy at all with that card; it wasn't worth the $2000

I'll spec sizes out before I purchase.

[3LP]

I still recommend the k4200 as I have had really amazing feedback from it.
Cheap and only 5-10% viewport difference with the really high end k5000 and k6000.

Stan