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Graphics Card Upgrade Advice - Any Thoughts?

Posted By bud_20121023184423262 11 Years Ago
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Hi All,

I'm considering the NVIDIA Quadro K600 video card as an upgrade from my FX 580.

I've been thinking about upgrading for awhile after learning I can't use the 580's GPU on Blender Cycles rendering because it's compute capability is 1.1 and Blender's looking for 2.0.

Then there's iClone . . . I can never seem to use "pixel shading" in any scene of any complexity while previewing/working. I tend to think upgrading to the K600 would solve that problem.

Would love to hear what anyone has to say as New Egg's running a special right now and I can pick one up for $139 after instant rebate (usually $199).

Thoughts?


Thank you to all,
Bud

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iClone 6.21
Character Creator 1.2
3.07GHz Intel Core i7 machine running Windows 7 Pro (v 6.1.7601 SP1)
6GB RAM
EVGA GTX 970 (2 gig video memory)


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Forum Post Graphics Card Upgrade Advice - Any Thoughts? By bud_20121023184423262 ( 11 Years Ago )
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Forum Post [quote][b]bud_20121023184423262 (11/9/2014)[/b][hr]Hi All, Thanks for... By justaviking ( 11 Years Ago )
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