6 Replies Latest reply: Jun 11, 2012 12:01 PM by Bill Gehrke RSS

    Which GeForce 6xx series?

    Dvico Community Member

      Dear All!

       

      I'd like to ask your advice about an exchange from gtx470 to 6xx geforce VGA. I plan to use edit 28Mbps/24Mps AVCHD and DSLR H.264/MP4 1080p ( only!! )

      with PP & AE CS6 in the future. I mean GTX 670 enough or better GTX 680 ? 2GB or 4GB much better?

      I would use with I7 3930K / P9X79 Pro / 32GB . Thanks in advance!

        • 1. Re: Which GeForce 6xx series?
          Bill Gehrke Community Member

          I would use the GTX 670 for your editing, The only good reason for the 4 GB  would be if you are dealing in lots of large still or video frames beyond your  current usage.

          • 2. Re: Which GeForce 6xx series?
            Harm Millaard CommunityMVP

            Better continue using the 470 and spending the money on other system improvements, more disks, memory, raid controller, etc.

             

            Today I saw an entry into the benchmark results, based on a Quadro 6000 for a whopping € 3,605 price (today in the Netherlands, incl. VAT) that did no better than a € 237 priced GTX 470. 15 times the price and nothing to show for it. That is a waste of money. I'll be adding these results later today.

            • 3. Re: Which GeForce 6xx series?
              Bill Gehrke Community Member

              Harm has the correct larger picture view, there is no major improvement in processing Premiere with the proposed change, I know nothing about AE but it might be helpful there, I will let others comment on that aspect.

              • 4. Re: Which GeForce 6xx series?
                Dvico Community Member

                Thanks!Im still thinking about 64Gb RAM, and maybe refrehing my disks setup.Instead of VGA exchange.Im very satisfied with my GTX470, maybe I just read too much about new Keplers.

                I think the raid controllers what Mr.Harm propose (Areca) is too expensive for me.And I heard that to install cheaper raid controllers just a waste of money.And I dont know what is the number of disks where a Raid controller worth the price? ( I have raid0 ( 2*1TB Samsung) only,- for media.and projects and revodrive for OS and other ssd for pagefile, media cache and prviews )

                • 5. Re: Which GeForce 6xx series?
                  Harm Millaard CommunityMVP

                  Yeah, those raid controllers are really expensive, but even if they are out of reach with your current budget, more disks will always help and the gain from a 670 versus a 470 will be marginal. That is why I'm considering keeping my 480 instead of getting a new 680, since the cost of my new system is already getting out of hand. If I were to keep my current system running and just add a new system, the cost would likely be around € 6 - 7 K.

                  • 6. Re: Which GeForce 6xx series?
                    Bill Gehrke Community Member

                    Well Harm was just sort of joking when he gave you that 28-port part number.  There are many less expensive Areca's and the LSI based controllers (LSI, Intel, IBM) are also quite good but just do not offer RAID 3 or 30 which Harm prefers.  If you are happy with just RAID 0 (without any redundancy) you motherboard RAID is very good