Help with these two graphics card.

#1

This is a system I am trying to build, Ill use it mainly in 3D(modeling and rendering in C4D, Maya and Rhino) on few occasions I will be rendering days long animations, I have plans on using it to get started in sculpting with Mudbox and even Zbrush(training purposes) other uses will be image editing in Photoshop and Illustrator along with video editing in Premiere and After Effects, also image compositing in Nuke would be done in this comp. Its a system that can be used by more than one person on different time tables.

The thing is that I am unsure on the graphics card for this, here are the options according to the budget:

4GB NVIDIA Quadro K2200
4GB NVIDIA GTX 970

Would the GTX be enough if I wont be constantly making days long renders? or maybe I should stick to the Quadro given the description above? the amount of CUDA cores in the GTX and how it seems to double the Quadro in some aspects makes want to stick to it and not the Quadro but I thought I’d ask here first.
Also how important is thermal in this case, are there temperatures that the GTX 970 wont handle that the Quadro K2200 will?

Im following these two links to help compare:

http://www.pny.com/nvidia_quadro_k2200
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications

Hope you guys can help me with this.

Dave.

#2

I wouldn’t worry about temps.

Are you doing 3D GPU renders? Unless things have changed, I don’t think any video editing program will even use the GPU much. There might be a few effects that are rendered in Premier and AE on the GPU, but I think they work almost exclusively on the CPU.

I honestly wouldn’t put to much thought into it at your price range. I went though a similar GTX vs Quarto debate earlier this year in the $250 price range. Its best just to grab the GTX card and get to work. :stuck_out_tongue:

#3

Yes some GPU renders will be done in Maya mostly, thanks a lot for your contribution helps me be clear on what to get since this was the only aspect left I had doubts with.

Thanks!!

#4

Been using the GTX 970 for about 3 months now and it’s an excellent choice. Temperature is not a real issue but power is. Make sure your power supply is up to the task.

#5

Yes did some searching and found that a 500 watt power supply would do the job just fine, 650 watt to be on the safe side.

Thanks a lot folks!!

#6

I bought Quadro K4000 few months ago, i was deceived commercial advertisements and things like that, now i regret for buying it…

I think Quadro Series are money trap, so i advice you to look other gtx series which has high Cuda Cores…

I hope i was mistaken about Quadros…