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)

You really should be looking at the GTX series of gaming cards. Quadros are more than likely hurting your iClone performance, and probably no better for Blender Cycles. Not to mention a lack of CUDA cores (which is what iClone 6's physics will need and what accelerates Cycles).

NVIDIA 680+ should help.

I am going to see how my gtx460 performs with Iclone 6 before running out and buying a new card, the 400 range came with tessalation capabilities, Iclone just never used them before.



I Make My Mates Do The CanCan For The Amusement Of Killer Robots

While the K600 does have CUDA cores, I think that the fact that it only has 1GB RAM will cause more grief regarding performance. It's being replaced with the K620 which doesn't really cost that much more - but has more CUDA cores and 2GB RAM.

Gerry

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System: Win 10 Pro (21H2), Asus X99-E WS, CPU i7-5930K -3,5 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 2666-16 RAM, NVidia GTX 1080 Ti GPU - 11 GB VRAM(Driver Studio-536.99), Samsung 850 Pro 512 GB SSD, 6 TB HD storage.

What's your budget?

I've fallen in love with the Nvidia GTX 980, but my budget will likely restrict me to the 970.

ADDED...

This review of the 970 includes a nice (brief) table that lines up some AMD and Nvidia cards at various pricepoints.

http://anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga

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I think 2GB graphics memory is the minimum and the latest nVidia cards have 4GB, which is more in line with what is required today for quality work. I don't think the Quadro has any advantage as has been pointed out.

I also have my eyes set on a GTX980. I actually have to build a new system, but that will be expensive.

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Hi ,

Same here . I wait for 970 TI or 980 TI ......

CGTRADER

Wow, thanks for all the great advice. Glad I asked before jumping on the one I saw.

I have some links to research above. I did see the 620 for not much more, but it sounds like the consensus is against the quadro line.

I do have one question at the moment. What caused me to look at the quadro line is that I'd heard it was specifically geared toward video editing & animating.

But it sounds like iClone would be more compatible with cards geared toward gaming?

Do I have that right?

Thoughts?


Peace,
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)

Even most NLE's have liking for CUDA.