New GPU suggestion
Imago
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https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/rtx-4000-ada-generation.c4171
Someone knwos something about this GPU? It could work fine with DAZ Studio and future releases?
As I can see, there's not much difference form the "normal" RTX cards and costs about the same but with higher specs. Also it's single slot and would fit my case like a marvel, finally freeing the second PCIe slot that's covered by my RTX 3060 Ti.
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RTX 4000 Ada card will work with DS4 and DS2025 yes.
There's a test for it in the benchmark thread: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9097576/#Comment_9097576
It'll work fine with studio, and being only one generation behind, should be supported for the forseeable future.
However, if you check the specs, it's slower and has fewer cores than some consumer 40xx series cards.
it's primary advantage is vram, and being single slot.
Based on the specs, you will see an improvement in render speed, but it's not going to blow your doors off, maybe 15-20% improvement, as it'll add 1k cores, and operates upto, 500mhz faster when boosted.
As for the free slot, check your mobo's user manual before you try to populate that slot.
Depending on specs, using that slot might impact performance, as the PCI-E lanes get cut when certain slots are populated.
You may wind up with your primay slot being cut down to an x8, and tanking video outpur performance.
Also, professional gpus kinda stink for video games.
Also, also, make sure you have plenty of air coming into your system, these things have a tendency to run hot in consumer cases, due to the smaller heat sinks and blower style fan.
They're primarily designed for system with serious airflow, like workstations and servers.
You also may need hearing protection. Blower style fans can get rather loud, especially under full load.
@ Leana
Thanks, I'll check that!
@ DrunkMonkeyProductions:
Well, this GPU got 1800 CUDAs more than my RTX 3060ti at the same version, more VRAM and more Tensor and RT cores along with a faster processing unit. I guessed it could be more than 20% of increase.
When I jumped from the 2070 Super to the 3060 ti I noticed a pretty big improvement, especially with DForce simulations, that's why I thought those specs could be good.
My previous GPU was a RTX 2070 Super Blower Style and it was way less noisy and way less hotter than the RTX double fan I have installed now. I guess it really depends on the case.
Videogames, you say? Oh, boy! I can't remember the last time I played... Being an animator takes a lot of time!
So, if this isn't a good choice, which one should I choose?
Honestly I feel a bit confused about the latest NVdia products, everything about them feels scattered around.
The thing about the 4000 and 5000 series you want to avoid is the new power connection that has burned up those cards. If you want a 5000 series without one. >>>> amazon has one >>> ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5060 Ti 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card <<< Just make sure it has the regular 8pin power connector and a 3 fan cooling solution. Good Luck
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a look.
Ah, yes, I forgot about those terrible connections! If I get a GPU that have that new one with the small extra pins, I'll be probably forced to change the PSU.
A point to take into account when choosing which card to get DS4 can't use RTX 50xx cards to render with Iray, only DS2025 supports them.
Oh, I didn't knew this... Thanks for the info!
I checked that card and besides the higher VRAM, the specs are worse than my RTX 3060 Ti... How is possible?
High-end cards from one generation are not necesarily eclipsed by lower-end cards from the next - though bear in mind that things like core counts are not diectly comparable between generations.