GPU Cards GTX285 vs GTX470 vs GTX480

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GPU Cards GTX285 vs GTX470 vs GTX480

Posted by Ryan Snook on February 6, 2012 at 1:10 pm

I’m looking to get a GPU card for my Mac Pro to run resolve smoother… smooth at all 😉

Anyone have input on GTX285 vs GTX470 vs GTX480 for a Mac Pro (2008 specifically.)? I have the GT120 as my GUI card.

Thanks!

Ryan Snook replied 14 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 9 Replies
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Margus Voll
February 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm

this has been covered many times.

best would be to search.

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Colin Travers
February 6, 2012 at 2:10 pm

480 has to be clocked down to work so just get the 470 its got more cuda cores than the 285.

DaVinci 8.1.1 OSX 10.6.8
MacPro 12-core 5,1 2.66 Ghz
32GB RAM (x4 owc 8gb sticks)
RAID0 8TB
Nvidia GT120/GTX285
BMD Extreme3D
HDlink3D DisplayPort
Dreamcolor/Panny VT25
Tangent Wave / Wacom

Drivers:
Nvidia Cuda 4.0.50
DecklinkExtreme3D 8.6
HDLink3D DisplayPort 3.5.1
Ryan Snook
February 6, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Thanks, you kind and helpful sir.
Margus Voll
February 6, 2012 at 7:08 pm

my point was that maybe you should rethink 2008 machine thing if you can

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Margus

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Ryan Snook
February 6, 2012 at 7:41 pm

Guide me in a process of thoughts then. I am all ears.

Thanks
Margus Voll
February 7, 2012 at 6:39 am

my point was that in some point 2008 machine itself will limit all you do even if you have
fast gpu and io etc.

Just the way how data flows inside machine itself will limit a bit all you do.

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Margus

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Ryan Snook
February 7, 2012 at 12:27 pm

Yeah. It was all I could afford, so I hope it holds up for low budget 1080p and 2K workflows as best as it can until I can upgrade. Also, maybe by then Windows will be sufficient and I can build a more powerful PC for cheaper.
Margus Voll
February 7, 2012 at 12:31 pm

Really good one will probably not be cheaper.

Maybe you can combine some intermediate version but i doubt that full and fast machine will be cheaper.

See month or 2 ago Robert made post about it and it was around 10 k usd.

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Ryan Snook
February 7, 2012 at 1:11 pm

Yeah with cubix and ridiculous storage. I won’t need that kind of storage up front.

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