So i'm putting a work station together and my plan is to build on the Ryzen 1700.
The rig is designed for content creation and whilst video is part of my plan i'm far more interested in creating 3D content.
Ultimately the packages i would be looking at are 3DS Max, Blender, Daz3D and Reallusion iClone. But the software isn't the only point but also which renderer you use to render the scene. For example Blender has at least 6 render engines you can use. Including Cycles, LuxRender, Maxwell, Mitsuba, Octane, and V-Ray. All producing slightly different results and taking a different amount of time to render the scene.
https://www.blenderguru.com/articles...les-vs-giants/
My plan was to use two GTX 780 Ti in SLI. Each card has 2,880 Cuda cores so in SLI i'll have 5,760 but still have just 3GB vram. The combined price of both cards was £250.
I could opt for a single GTX 980 Ti which has just 2,816 cores but is over 30% faster in benchmarks than a single 780 Ti and has 6gb vram. A single card would cost £250 used.
Finally, now that the 1080 Ti has been released you can find the standard 1080 for just £320, used, on eBay. This has just 2,560 Cuda cores; the least of them all. However it does have 8gb vram and in gaming out performs the 980 Ti by 30%. However i understand in Adobe premier it's no better than the 980 Ti.
I tend to think that more slower cores is better than faster fewer cores. Like this example comparing rendering using a GPU over a CPU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P28LKWTzrI
So the question is which is the better setup for 3D rendering, watts aside? 2x 780 Ti, a single 980 Ti, or a single 1080?
Anybody with experience in this area i would value your opinions. Thanks
The rig is designed for content creation and whilst video is part of my plan i'm far more interested in creating 3D content.
Ultimately the packages i would be looking at are 3DS Max, Blender, Daz3D and Reallusion iClone. But the software isn't the only point but also which renderer you use to render the scene. For example Blender has at least 6 render engines you can use. Including Cycles, LuxRender, Maxwell, Mitsuba, Octane, and V-Ray. All producing slightly different results and taking a different amount of time to render the scene.
https://www.blenderguru.com/articles...les-vs-giants/
My plan was to use two GTX 780 Ti in SLI. Each card has 2,880 Cuda cores so in SLI i'll have 5,760 but still have just 3GB vram. The combined price of both cards was £250.
I could opt for a single GTX 980 Ti which has just 2,816 cores but is over 30% faster in benchmarks than a single 780 Ti and has 6gb vram. A single card would cost £250 used.
Finally, now that the 1080 Ti has been released you can find the standard 1080 for just £320, used, on eBay. This has just 2,560 Cuda cores; the least of them all. However it does have 8gb vram and in gaming out performs the 980 Ti by 30%. However i understand in Adobe premier it's no better than the 980 Ti.
I tend to think that more slower cores is better than faster fewer cores. Like this example comparing rendering using a GPU over a CPU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P28LKWTzrI
So the question is which is the better setup for 3D rendering, watts aside? 2x 780 Ti, a single 980 Ti, or a single 1080?
Anybody with experience in this area i would value your opinions. Thanks