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Video Card

chanansiegelchanansiegel Posts: 25
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At the moment i do not have a video card(except the standard one thats comes with a computer)

Would  either of these two video cards give me significent  perfomance improvements?

GeForce GT 710 
GeForce 210 1GB DDR3 

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  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479

    Not if you're looking for improved performance with Iray.

    Two things to look for in an Nvidia card are CUDA cores, and RAM. The CUDA cores will improve render speed, so the more the better. And for the GPU to handle the Iray render at all, the entire scene must fit on the card's RAM.

    I wouldn't recommend anything older than a GTX1060, but even then, if you do a complex scene, it could drop back to CPU. I have a GTX1080, with 8GB RAM, and I've created scenes that won't fit on the card. If your system runs Windows, unless something has changed, Windows will reserve a portion of the RAM for your display. My 1080 drops to CPU if my memory needs exceeds a bit more than 7GB. (That would be a lot more annoying if my motherboard actually had on-board video.)

    Get the latest GTX, (or RTX,) card you can afford. But make sure before you buy, that the computer you're putting it into can support the new tech, and the case is big enough for the extra heat. I wouldn't recommend putting any of these video cards in a mini-tower, for example.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,839

    The chip generation also matters - I get confused by the naming, but the older ones gradually drop out of support (I think the current cut-off is arounf 6xx/7xx - my 750Ti still works in the beta but I don't think all 7xx cards use the same family). The older the GPU, the sooner it will lose Iray support (though I don't think it happens very quickly).

  • chanansiegelchanansiegel Posts: 25
    L'Adair said:

    Not if you're looking for improved performance with Iray.

    Two things to look for in an Nvidia card are CUDA cores, and RAM. The CUDA cores will improve render speed, so the more the better. And for the GPU to handle the Iray render at all, the entire scene must fit on the card's RAM.

    I wouldn't recommend anything older than a GTX1060, but even then, if you do a complex scene, it could drop back to CPU. I have a GTX1080, with 8GB RAM, and I've created scenes that won't fit on the card. If your system runs Windows, unless something has changed, Windows will reserve a portion of the RAM for your display. My 1080 drops to CPU if my memory needs exceeds a bit more than 7GB. (That would be a lot more annoying if my motherboard actually had on-board video.)

    Get the latest GTX, (or RTX,) card you can afford. But make sure before you buy, that the computer you're putting it into can support the new tech, and the case is big enough for the extra heat. I wouldn't recommend putting any of these video cards in a mini-tower, for example.

    Thank you.  Not the answer I wanted since I dont think my refurbished computer can handle anything higher then what i mentioned  I have a thinkcentre  M91P 16GB  which i added

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    chanansiegel said:
    L'Adair said:

    Not if you're looking for improved performance with Iray.

    Two things to look for in an Nvidia card are CUDA cores, and RAM. The CUDA cores will improve render speed, so the more the better. And for the GPU to handle the Iray render at all, the entire scene must fit on the card's RAM.

    I wouldn't recommend anything older than a GTX1060, but even then, if you do a complex scene, it could drop back to CPU. I have a GTX1080, with 8GB RAM, and I've created scenes that won't fit on the card. If your system runs Windows, unless something has changed, Windows will reserve a portion of the RAM for your display. My 1080 drops to CPU if my memory needs exceeds a bit more than 7GB. (That would be a lot more annoying if my motherboard actually had on-board video.)

    Get the latest GTX, (or RTX,) card you can afford. But make sure before you buy, that the computer you're putting it into can support the new tech, and the case is big enough for the extra heat. I wouldn't recommend putting any of these video cards in a mini-tower, for example.

    Thank you.  Not the answer I wanted since I dont think my refurbished computer can handle anything higher then what i mentioned  I have a thinkcentre  M91P 16GB  which i added

    I can relate.

    I think the best investment you can make with the refurbished computer will be more RAM, if the motherboard will support it. An external hard drive is a good investment as well, as you can just plug it into your next computer, when the time comes. I have all my 3D content archived on an external drive.

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