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Which one of theese cards will be best.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:29 am
by Spud1200
I'm looking at the 240 , 250 , 250X
Those cards above if I order today I can have it delivered by Saturday and now I'm running a 7 HP Windows set up, I'm hoping its going to a lot easier to install unlike my previous Linux set up what I gave up one.
This is from the Radion R7 Series.
If I don't get back straight away, I'll reply asap.
Thank you folks.
Re: Which one of theese cards will be best.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:52 pm
by davidcoton
Define "Best"! Do you want top performance for a given cost limit, top return per dollar/pound/euro/yen invested, top return per watt hour of electricity used, or something else?
I'm sure the comparative figures are on the forum somewhere, try a search (top right of screen). If you ask me, my (prejudiced and unscientific) answer would be "none of the above" since I have only used nVidia GPUs.
Re: Which one of theese cards will be best.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:25 pm
by 7im
If performance is the only issue, then the 250X is the clear winner with the most shaders of the 3 options listed.
Re: Which one of theese cards will be best.
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 12:03 pm
by Jakem8
I'm also wondering about this.
Are gaming GPUs best? Would I be best getting 4xTitan X's or shall I consider investing in GPUs made for rendering?
Re: Which one of theese cards will be best.
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:18 pm
by toTOW
FAH doesn't take advantage of anything a Quadro or Tesla could offer. The first series (Quadro) provide drivers optimized for CAD, picture treatment, and such things (professional 3D and video) and the second series (Tesla), although GPGPU oriented, only offer features that FAH does not need (double precision, ECC memory, huge amount of memory), so it is not worth the extra cost.
FAH is aimed at common hardware to be sure that everyone could participate.
And for the best hardware to use, it depend on what you are looking for : maximum performance whatever the cost (Titan X), best PPD/W (GTX 970), best PPD/W with extra money to spend (GTX 980), best PPD/W but with limited budget (GTX 960 or lower depending on the limit on the budget).
Re: Which one of theese cards will be best.
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:50 pm
by wilding2004
Jakem8 wrote:I'm also wondering about this.
Are gaming GPUs best? Would I be best getting 4xTitan X's or shall I consider investing in GPUs made for rendering?
The gpu's in pro rendering cards (Firestream or Quadro) are basically the same as the gpu's in the gaming cards (Radeon or Geforce). The differences are mainly in the drivers and memory modules.
As for which gpu is best. My vote currently goes to the GTX970. I've used both ATi and Nvidia over the years for folding (and Matrox, Voodoo, S3, cirrus logic for gaming - so i'm no fanboy), but right now Nvidia rule. Tomorrow who knows?