Made the BIG switcheroo

[Tom Daigon]

Greg, just a side note.After years with a 2008 Mac Pro running the Q4000, I also switched to a PC.

After lots of research into tests performed by editors, I realized the best bang for buck would be running a GTX 570, not the Q2000 that my HP Z820 came stock with.

I find it interesting that editors in the field that primarily use PrP and AE are realizing that the big push by Nvidia and Adobe for the Quadros is not the way to go with the high performance of the current generation of this kind of card.

I know the word “professional” is bandied about a lot when comparing the Q and the GTX cards, but lots of statistics indicate which is the best bang for buck AND performance.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1019643

https://ppbm5.com/Benchmark5.html

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRIg6h-LIm0 (Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid

[Greg Estes]

Understood.

We design GeForce primarily for gamers and exclusively for consumers and there are a handful of features in Quadro that make a difference for pros. Totally get it that many users will compare raw performance of a GeForce with that of a Quadro and find GeForce is as fast (or faster due to overclocking, etc.) In other cases Quadro will be faster.

The value of Quadro isn’t necessarily speed. It’s features, reliability, consistency (we build and test Quadro ourselves; GeForce is made by something like 32 different manufacturers each with their own approach) and, yes, sometimes speed (due to chip-level feature differences like dual copy engines and such).

And if you don’t need or care about those things, then GeForce might very well be a great choice for you. No argument there.

[Tom Daigon]

I am curious to see how the soon to be released cards based on the K20 technology compare to my GTX 570 which is giving me great performance on CS6.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRIg6h-LIm0 (Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid

[Jud Johnson]

Greg, thanks for joining in on the discussion. Any idea as to when the K5000 will be released and its price?

How would the K5000 performance compare to the other GPUs for PPRO?

Jud Johnson
Luxe Films
http://www.luxefilmshouston.com

[Jud Johnson]

Greg,
Do you know if the new K5000 will work with the Tesla C2075 in the “maximus” configuration?
It’s not clear on the Nvidia website wether it will or not.

Jud Johnson
Luxe Films
http://www.luxefilmshouston.com

[Jud Johnson]

Greg,
Do you know if the K5000 will work with the Tesla C2075 in the “maximus” configuration?
It’s not clear on the Nvidia website wether it does or not.

Jud Johnson
Luxe Films
http://www.luxefilmshouston.com

[Greg Estes]

Mixing Kepler and Fermi is not tested, supported or recommended.

It might work if you try it, but that would be very application dependent and when I checked with the product team they gave me the “not tested, supported or recommended” answer.

It’s the technical dissimilarity, not a random marketing decision.

[Jud Johnson]

[Greg Estes] “Mixing Kepler and Fermi is not tested, supported or recommended.

It might work if you try it, but that would be very application dependent and when I checked with the product team they gave me the “not tested, supported or recommended” answer.
“

Then if i’m trying to build a “beast machine” to handle heavy PPro and AE projects…would i be better off in performance to use a Q2000 + Tesla, a Q4000 + Tesla, or a K5000 stand alone? This is where i’m confused.

Thanks.

Jud Johnson
Luxe Films
http://www.luxefilmshouston.com

[Greg Estes]

We are supposed to have some new benchmarks next week that include K5000. If I forget to post, ping me.

In general the answer is going to be different if you mostly use PPRO or if you do a lot of AE. AE uses both GPUs in a system and works best when they are the same (GPU ray tracing with OptiX needs all GPUs to have the same frame buffer memory size, so it will default to lowest if they are different). OTOH, Premiere Pro uses only one GPU at a time, so for primarily PPRO use, a little Quadro and big Tesla is the best price/performance.

So dual K5000’s would solve both problems, but if you mostly do PPRO then you might be over-spending.

And, it must be said, Adobe does not officially support Kepler in CS6 ;-(

[Jud Johnson]

[Greg Estes] “OTOH, Premiere Pro uses only one GPU at a time, so for primarily PPRO use, a little Quadro and big Tesla is the best price/performance.
“

We primarily work in PPro and want the fastest render/export performance available. So with that said, it appears that a Quadro 2000 + Tesla C2075 would be best for us…does that sound correct?

Jud Johnson
Luxe Films
http://www.luxefilmshouston.com