Two 4800s vs Three 4000s?

[Robert Houllahan]

I think the 4000’s are faster and only require a single slot, the 4800’s require two slots, consume more power and are slower.

-Rob-

Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.com

MAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.

[Margus Voll]

But 4000 seems not speedy to me. I have one here now and it is slow 🙂 look into 470 etc.
they are not supported in config guide but you get lot more bang for a lot less money.

Even if they do not work someday you can throw them out as they have made you
more money in shorter time faster.

—

Margus

https://iconstudios.eu

[Sascha Haber]

The 4000 is a great (coughcough) primary card.
It really makes the Mac speedy an flickable.
For computing only the 470 or two or three are the best today.
Faster than the 4800 for a fraction of the cost.
We can only hope for a new generation of cards in April 2012.

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DaVinci 8.1.1 OSX 10.7.2
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB
GTX 470 / GT 120
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[Joseph Owens]

Reading through a couple of related threads, I have to wonder if all the Q4000’s woes are not necessarily genetic. There are reports that shutting down some multi-tasking applications (like Flash player), although this may be more a function of a single-GPU instance like Resolve Lite, does result in freeing up some cycles.

I don’t honestly know how aggressive Resolve is with respect to annexing system resources in its thirst for speed — although I do know that Media Composer 6 and Resolve don’t play nicely together and don’t share cards well.

BTW, how does one configure order the Cubix 16x order? Do you have to specify the 16x host card? Anyway its a digression — I am in the market to build a new GPU farm. I would love to try out a pair of flashed 480’s but I don’t even know how to get through to the supplier.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Robert Houllahan]

I have 3X GTX-285’s which will run rings around the 4800 and 4000 all day long, but if I were building today i would run GTX-480s which will crush any oem Mac video card…

Fortunately they are available flashed for the Mac-Pro…

https://macvidcards.com/

No affiliation….

-Rob-

Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.com

MAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.

[Kevin Cannon]

Almost nobody is doing this (yet) but if you mean that you’ll be doing 4K timeline resolutions and/or monitoring, the 2GB of RAM in the 4000 might be relevant compared to the 1GB in other cards.

But if you just mean 4K RED sources, have had a great experience with 3x 285s. They are are really fast, really cheap, and (for what it’s worth) supported.

KC

Prehistoric Digital
PhD Grading Suite

[Joseph Owens]

Thanks for the link, Robert. For some reason, though, even though I have been registered there, when I click on nVidia, the only card that shows up is the GTX285 and nothing else. I have to wonder if its a website problem or ???? It just *doesn’t* work as a shopping experience.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Robert Houllahan]

??

I know they sell those cards on Ebay, I think there are three 480’s on right now under their name..

-Rob-

Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.com

MAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.

[Dwaine Maggart]

Hi Joseph,

I’m not registered there, but when I click Nvidia, I see a long list of cards. Maybe a browser thing? I’m using Chrome.

Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support

[Joseph Owens]

[Dwaine Maggart] “Maybe a browser thing?”

Maybe. I’m using Safari.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?