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which gtx 780?

cjdavid

cjdavid

cjdavid

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Hey guys,

Thought I'd start a new thread, as I don't know how to close the titan post.

But as the title says, which gtx 780 would you guys get? My case is the NZXT 810 so space isn't a problem. But I'm looking for the best pre-overclocked card you can buy?

I've looked at EVGA's classfied but also gainwards GLH edition as well? There are so many that I'm lost? And then theirs the lightening version in 1-2 weeks?

what are your thoughts guys? As I'm upgrading my AMD rig. I have the asus maximus vi hero and nh-u12s cooler. So I just need the graphics card and the 4770k. As I'll be using it to render videos:)
 
cjdavid said:
Hey guys,

Thought I'd start a new thread, as I don't know how to close the titan post.

So I just need the graphics card and the 4770k. As I'll be using it to render videos:)
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Why did you not say this is what you wanted the card for in your Titan thread ?

It takes a massively overclocked 780 to get near a Titan, not sure that's what you want for video rendering !
 
As far as I've read rendering videos is generally still best done by the CPU. You can use Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) on board the CPU for a hardware solution to video encoding (and it's quite quick) but the quality doesn't come close to what a software solution can do. It seems GPU acceleration just doesn't work well with current video codecs like H.264 as the encoding is a serial workload which makes it hard to put all those processing cores to work.
 
Shiari said:
As far as I've read rendering videos is generally still best done by the CPU. You can use Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) on board the CPU for a hardware solution to video encoding (and it's quite quick) but the quality doesn't come close to what a software solution can do. It seems GPU acceleration just doesn't work well with current video codecs like H.264 as the encoding is a serial workload which makes it hard to put all those processing cores to work.
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Yeah I've got sony vegas 12. But I'm going to be using the i7 to render videos at 720p. But I'd be using my new rig to play games at 1080p on a single display. And eventually 3 screens.

I'm open to the titan but that really depends on the why to be honest. As I'm keen on the fastest 780:)
 
Shiari said:
As far as I've read rendering videos is generally still best done by the CPU. You can use Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) on board the CPU for a hardware solution to video encoding (and it's quite quick) but the quality doesn't come close to what a software solution can do. It seems GPU acceleration just doesn't work well with current video codecs like H.264 as the encoding is a serial workload which makes it hard to put all those processing cores to work.
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I would have thought the rendering he wants is not ripping his blurays :D,

You are correct CPU with loads of cores is the best for "Encoding" but that's a different thing....you don't need a high end GPU for that.
 
cjdavid said:
Yeah I've got sony vegas 12. But I'm going to be using the i7 to render videos at 720p. But I'd be using my new rig to play games at 1080p on a single display. And eventually 3 screens.

I'm open to the titan but that really depends on the why to be honest. As I'm keen on the fastest 780:)
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Well that cleared it up :), If you do intend to go 3 screens Titan with it's 6GB memory would be the best option, funnily enough I have just put a titan up for sale in the Members market but I'm not sure how many posts you need to use that forum now :(
 
Jakus said:
Well that cleared it up :), If you do intend to go 3 screens Titan with it's 6GB memory would be the best option, funnily enough I have just put a titan up for sale in the Members market but I'm not sure how many posts you need to use that forum now :(
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thanks for the offer :-) but I don't have enough posts:/ got to admit, you've got me thinking about the titan again lol
 
Jakus said:
I would have thought the rendering he wants is not ripping his blurays :D,

You are correct CPU with loads of cores is the best for "Encoding" but that's a different thing....you don't need a high end GPU for that.
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Isn't that what I wrote though? :) Video encoding = loads of CPU cores rather than a monster GPU (which gets its power from being able to do many small tasks in parallel).
 
Shiari said:
Isn't that what I wrote though? :) Video encoding = loads of CPU cores rather than a monster GPU (which gets its power from being able to do many small tasks in parallel).
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When people want a GFX card for Rendering (advanced 3d modelling etc) they are normally talking about this sort of thing...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Tesla

And the Titan is slightly crippled K20 which itself costs £1000's, they still call it rendering but it's not quite the same as Handbrake or Vegas encoding, which we also call rendering.
 
I've got my eye on two gtx 780's:

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified

GALAXY GTX 780 Hall of Fame Edition

I know that both of these are pre-over-clocked. But which one of these would you recommend? Also, anyone know when the galaxy version will be available to buy. Or is there another version I should consider instead maybe?
 
cjdavid said:
I've got my eye on two gtx 780's:

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified

GALAXY GTX 780 Hall of Fame Edition

I know that both of these are pre-over-clocked. But which one of these would you recommend? Also, anyone know when the galaxy version will be available to buy. Or is there another version I should consider instead maybe?
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I would wait for the 780 Lightnings.
 
Galaxy = KFA² over here ... I don't know if that particular model is available anywhere though. If I was going to get a 780 myself it'd probably be the MSI Lightning.
 
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