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A lil help with GPU upgrade

Lord TherosLord Theros Posts: 64
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi there everybody!

I have been thinking about upgrading my GPU and would like  you guys and girls opinion,

Here is my current rig:

- AMD Fx-8350 BE

- Gygabyte GS-990FXA - UD5

- 16Gb ddr3 1600

- EVGA GTX 750 2Gb

And here is the one I got my eye on https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-6163-KR

What you guys think? Is it a good improvement on what I got? on terms of render times on Iray? Will 3DL benefit from it?

BTW Im from Brasil and right now thats as expensive as I can go :)

Thanks in advance!

 

Comments

  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,078

    Pretty simple, get the most Cuda Cores and Vram that you can afford.

    The GTX1060 will be much better than your current card.

  • DrNewcensteinDrNewcenstein Posts: 816

    3DL doesn't use the GPU, so you won't see any improvement there.

    For iray, it will be better than what you have now. I'm guessing what EVGA refers to as "pixel pipelines" are what Nvidia calls CUDA cores? Either way, if it's got 1280 of them, it's going to be faster than what you've got now.

  • frankrblowfrankrblow Posts: 2,052

    Have you compared the prices for the 1070's or 1080's? These are better cards, but get what you can afford, of course. The 1060 would be a good card for most people.

  • Lord TherosLord Theros Posts: 64
    dragonfly_2004 said:

    Have you compared the prices for the 1070's or 1080's? These are better cards, but get what you can afford, of course. The 1060 would be a good card for most people.

    Yeah I did, out of my price range unfortunately...

    Btw on a different on maybe harder question, without SLI, is it possible to keep my 750, and use it with the new one just for the IRAY renders? I mean the 1060 being the main board providing the video, and the 750 just pluged there with no video output just helping the the Iray calculations?

  • JD_MortalJD_Mortal Posts: 760
    edited January 2018

    I saw a 1070 for about $375 with 2x more cuda cores (2688 cores) and 2 more GB of VRAM... that will be nearly twice as fast, for only $70 more, at the same power-levels. BTW, a 10x0 is just a 1080 with failed "cores" and failed "memory". EG, a 1050, 1060, 1070 is just a crippled 1080. Recycled "bad chips".

    "MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1070 8GB"

    If the other card has cuda-cores, it will help, a little. However, you need enough power and connections for both.

    Sell the other card for $70 and your problem of extra money is solved, and you don't end-up paying the electric-company more instead.

    Post edited by JD_Mortal on
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