GPU Choice for “Field Laptop” New nvidia K3000m gtx680m or AMD 7970m and standard candle v9 test…

[Juan Salvo]

AMD is out of the question as it doesn’t work on PC resolve.

I’d check out the Resolve config guide. Don’t think they mention any laptops that would work on PC. Only laptop mentioned is MacBook Pro, which I’d recommend the Retina with a 1GB video ram.

As to the preference between 680M and K3000m… the 680 will almost certainly run rings around the K3000m in resolve. Of course the reverse is true for Maya. So pick which one matters to you more and then try it out.

There are no guarantees here. None of this configs are listed in the config guide. And I’ve never known anyone to successfully use them. But please let us know how it works out CJ!

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[Christopher Adams]

One thing i found in my testing the last few days was that the gtx 670m 3gb ram was pretty much equivalent to the Quadro 4000 in my mac pro 2010
I ran tests for
– resolve both (candle test and processing BMCC footage)

– maya2013 Example scene with lots of users feedback with specs to judge.

– lightwave3d from Newtek’s included demo scenes which was a pretty heavy setup.

– After Effects cs6,
Other then the candle test these were tests that others were using with the same example scenes for all platforms.

Hardware:
2010 Mac pro 2.4 Dual quadcore
24gig ram
ati radeon 5770 gui
quadro 4000 2gb

Asus G75VW-
Processor: Intel i7 – 3610QM 2.3 GHz. (QuadCore)
16gig ram
Nvidia 670M 3gb ram

I Also did a mac pro config where i was attached to the quadro 4000 as the GUI

Results below:

Resolve candle test: Connected to Q4000

Mac Pro 2010 – ATI_for OpenCL
V1 – 13.5
v2 – 7.5
v3 – 4.5
v4 – 2.5
v5 – 0.5
v6 – 24.0 N/A (NR needs CUDA)
v7 – 24.0 N/A (NR needs CUDA)
v8 – 24.0 N/A (NR needs CUDA)

Mac Pro 2010 – Quadro 4000_for Cuda
V1 – 16.0
v2 – 9.0
v3 – 5.0
v4 – 2.5
v5 – 0.5
v6 – 4.5
v7 – 2.0
v8 – 1.0

Asus Laptop – GTX 670 – Sharing display and gnu For CUDA
V1 – 16.0
v2 – 9.0
v3 – 5.0
v4 – 2.5
v5 – 1.0
v6 – 5.5
v7 – 2.0
v8 – 1.0

Maya 2013 Benchmark: – real world test example scene

Forum poster:
Benchmark:8:35 Maya 2012
Computer: Dell Precision T7500
Processor: Two Intel Xeon E5620 (2.4GHz, 5.86GT/s,4C)-1066MHz
OS: Win 7 Prof. 64
Memory: 24 GB 1333MHz DD3 ECC RDIMM
Video Card: 2 GB NVIDIA Quadro 4000

CJ – mac pro 2010:
Benchmark: 6:34 – Maya 2013
Computer: Mac pro 2010
Processor: Two Intel Xeon E5620 2.4GHz 5.86GT/s
OS: OSX 10.8.2
Memory: 24 GB 1066 DDR 3 ECC
Video Card: 2 GB Nvidia Quadro 4000

CJ – mac pro 2010:
Benchmark: 6:33 – Maya 2013
Computer: Mac pro 2010
Processor: Two Intel Xeon E5620 2.4GHz 5.86GT/s
OS: OSX 10.8.2
Memory: 24 GB 1066 DDR 3 ECC
Video Card: 1GB ATI Radeon 5770

Computer: Asus G75VW Laptop:
Benchmark: 10:04 – Maya 2013
Processor: Intel i7 – 3610QM 2.3 GHz. (QuadCore)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64
Memory: 16 GB DDR3
Video card: Nvidia GTX 670m (3096Ram)

Lightwave 3d benchmarks (IronSky Valk-over-NY Skies frame 291)

2010 Mac Pro – Quadro 4000 2096ram
4m 33 sec.

2010 Mac Pro -AMD Radeon 5770 1024ram
3m 37 sec.

Asus G75VW – GTX 670m 3096ram
4m 36 sec.

After effects 3d benchmark:
Render 3d scene

Mac pro Q4000
18min 2 sec

Asus after gpu patch
15.4 sec

Davinci Real world test.. Black magic cinema camera 2k full shot 5 (playback and render)
size = 2048 x 1350

Mac pro quadro 4000
Playback Grade Disabled: 12.5 FPS
Playback With grade on: 7 FPS
Shot render – Quicktime uncompressed 10bit 1:13

Asus gtx670m
Playback Grade Disabled: 12 FPS
Playback With grade on: 6 FPS
Shot render – Quicktime Uncompressed 10bit: 1: 08

[Sun Gill]

Hey thanks soo much for comparison I’ve have been searching for one for the past cpl days.. I’m considering purchasing the Asus G75vx which has a Gtx 670mx