I wondering if anyone out there could help me to decide, urgently, what GPU + CPU + RAM should I choose for a new mobile machine configuration.
I have about 2000 euros to spend.
I need a good, fast, reliable performance, without any issues or bugs, to work on this kind of softwares (CUDA + OPENGL + WIREFRAMES + SHADERS + SHADOWS + HIDE LINES + 2D + 3D, etc, etc
ps: I am really not a gamer. Just need a good machine to work without problems, issues or bugs. Smooth and fast presentation in viewport, complex 3D with much edges, intersections and complex surfaces; and many layers in Photoshop, plus high resolution files, and big contest presentation panels.
Nice, smooth, without bugs? Nothing with computer graphics is ever like that.
Iām running a 27" touch screen and a second 24" monitor on an HDMI cable from the GF 750M. I have very few problems with it. Mostly Iām just running Chrome and other desktop productivity tools, but obviously I run Rhino as well. When doing technical support and testing, I do open some large files and problem files. I think the performance it good. but Iām not in a production environment either.
Video drivers are always problematic. For years, we recommended the Quadro cards because they are intended for OpenGL graphics. About a year ago, we started seeing problems with the Quadro drivers for Rhino. Rhino uses OpenGL 2.0 and Shader 1.2. Those are fairly old specifications and our guess is Nvidia isnāt doing a good job of supporting the older specifications anymore.
The AMD cards intended for OpenGL are the FirePro cards They are pretty good, a lot less expensive, but the antiailiasing doesnāt seem as good. This is important for some people and doesnāt matter so much for others.
No matter what you buy, you can count on have little glitches and problems from time to time. Itās just the nature of the beast.
Fun aside, take a look at the bottom of this thread:
I just added the preliminary Holomark 2 Beta scores and color ranked the scores so it is easier to see how the system performs and compares.
i run 2 machines for rhino, both with gtx graphics cards, and rarely have any issues. If you arenāt doing heavy rendering the quadro cards arenāt really worth the additional cost.
For what you want to do I would recommend a core i5 or i7 w/ 16gbram. If AA is important to you,or you want to work on large files consider an sli configuration.
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If you arenāt doing heavy rendering the quadro cards arenāt really worth the additional cost.[/quote]
Many render engines still donāt use the graphiccards. AND most developers of GPU accelerated render apps use the 780 or the Titan (in SLI) since the Quadros have fewer cores than the equivalent GeForce cards, so they are less bang for the buck.
As far as I know Rhino does not support SLI, so adding more cards will not give you more speed, it might give you faster AA, that I do not know.
Good to know on the quadro/gtx thing, what is the quadro series even for then?
As for sli, both my machines are sli gtx cards, our other work machine is a single gtx. there is a discernable difference in frame rate on the sli machines particularly when using AA, transparency, enhanced lighting, etc. And/or working with large files (our typical models have hundreds of solid objects and surfaces).
While rhino may not support sli, that doesnāt prevent the cards from operating in tandem.
As I told before, I already bought a GTX780Mā¦ I am waiting for the machine come to my home.
As I said, I had to decide quickly for that GPU. I hope that it will be really fine for my work. Because I am a kind of desperate to finish this complex work file.
Thanksā¦ I will post some about this GPU on my configuration machine.