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Which Nvidia GPU has the most VRAM?

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Hi folks.

Which nvidia card currently on the market, be it a gaming-level card or a Quadro, has the largest amount of VRAM? An option for a single GPU card or a dual GPU card would be great. Must be CUDA enabled.

This is for IRAY rendering if you're wondering, hence the CUDA. IRAY rendering with GPU enhancement requires that your scene with all bitmaps fits in the GPU's memory - so I need a card with as much VRAM as possible. I know there's a quadro out with 6GB but if there are any other options that'd be great.

Cheers,
 
That's the quadro i spotted earlier.

I heard something about a MARS edition something-or-other that has 8GB (4GB per GPU), but I'm wondering if IRAY requires the VRAM to be sufficient on each GPU rather than a total across both...

Any more out there?

Cheers,
 
As rounddodger mentions- the Quadro 6000 has 6GB VRAM, that is the biggest AFAIK.

If you don't feel like spending over three grand on a graphics card, then the 3GB versions of the GTX 580 are worth a look - this and this.

As for on-card SLI - the RAM for each GPU is mirrored, so a card with say 8GB onboard would only really have 4GB available. IIRC the ASUS Mars was a 4GB card (2GB per GPU).
 
Cheers andi.

I think the 6000 is the only realistic option for production work here. Most of my scenes require upwards of 6, 8, or sometimes 10+GB RAM to render at all, after lots of optimisation work.

I think the speed benefit of CUDA over a bunch of extra workstations for the same cost is not worthwhile. In fact I'd say the workstation option would be quicker.

Perhaps one day there will be a gaming-level card with 6GB or 8GB and it'll be worthwhile!

Cheers,
 
Yeh Teslas are basically built for this purpose, but they cost several arms and several legs.

I've used quadros on the past for gaming and they suck, this is true :)

But I was hoping to have one dedicated CUDA card for IRAY. Looks like it's a 6000 or nothing!

Cheers fellas
 
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