CS6 GPU Question

[Craig Wall]

I’m interested in perhaps buying the 4000, but isn’t this card starting to get a little old?

Life is full of funny particles.

[David Pirinelli]

https://www.barefeats.com/aecs6.html

He just added out GTX580 Classified 3GB and GTX570 2.5 GB.

The GTX570 is really the card to have in OSX right now. The GTX580 Classified is FASTEST Mac card ever, but it requires 2 @ 8 Pin and a 6 pin and once all of this power connected, it is hard to close case. Perfect for a chassis.

With GTX570, no added power needed, the case closes up and card shows full boot screens and runs at PCIE 2.0 full speed of 5.0 GT/s. (unflashed cards sourced from Newegg et al, don’t do either of these things)

Note there is a simple math correlation. The Quadro 4000 costs nearly 3 times as much money, and it takes nearly 3 times as long to render.

Thanks again to Nvidia for writing solid OSX drivers.

GTX570 2.5 is the king.

[Michael Garske]

Hey David,
I’m curious about your post. Why are the 600 series not on your list? Do they not work with Mac OS or is there truth to some of the articles I’ve been reading about the 600 series reduced performance? Thanks for your post.

[Spencer Tweed]

Hey Kevin,

That’s great data, it makes a lot of sense – thanks!

– Spencer

[Spencer Tweed]

Exactly what I’m thinking… Gotta make a good impression 😉

– Spencer

[Spencer Tweed]

[Walter Soyka] “Remember, though, the graphics card only comes into play with Ae for the ray tracing renderer and select third-party effects. It will not accelerate classic 3D rendering or most of the built-in effects.”

That’s not totally true. Large portions of the GUI have been switched to GPU: https://success.adobe.com/assets/en/downloads/guides/AE_CS6_WN_Reveal.pdf section “New Graphics Pipeline.”

– Spencer

[Walter Soyka]

[Spencer Tweed] “Large portions of the GUI have been switched to GPU”

True — many GUI elements are now OpenGL-accelerated. I’m not sure how big an impact your choice of card would have here, but I doubt it’d be as quantifiable as the render figures.

Walter Soyka
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[Todd Kopriva]

The PDF that you linked to doesn’t have the details about the After Effects GPU features that this page does:
https://bit.ly/aftereffects_cs6_gpu

The acceleration of drawing items to the screen (as opposed to rendering) makes a huge difference—especially on large monitors—regarding smoothness of interaction with the application. This specific GPU acceleration feature is not at all demanding regarding system specs; nearly any somewhat recent card will provide this feature.

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[Michael Garske]

Thanks for all the useful information. Does anyone know of a reliable source for After Effects benchmarks with Quadro/GTX cards?

I’ve looked and looked but can not find a site with After Effects benchmarks. Everything for the most part revolves around gaming.

[Todd Kopriva]

Here’s a thread on the COW with some benchmark results:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1019643

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After Effects team blog
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