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Should I get a 3060?

bobety316_c50224ad1fbobety316_c50224ad1f Posts: 75
in Daz Studio Discussion

Hi Guys, new PC time!   My budget can stretch only to a nvidia gtx 3060. I'm currently rendering with nividia 1660. Do you think I will notice much of a differnce in my render times? 

Many thanks.

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  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,588

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

  • bobety316_c50224ad1fbobety316_c50224ad1f Posts: 75

    prixat said:

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

    Really!? Sounds great, thanks! It's actually a 3060ti, don't know if that makes a difference? 

  • nakamuram002nakamuram002 Posts: 788
    edited February 2022

    bobety316_c50224ad1f said:

    prixat said:

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

    Really!? Sounds great, thanks! It's actually a 3060ti, don't know if that makes a difference? 

    I just purchased a whole system with an RTX 3060 12GM for my granson for $1350.  On Amazon, an RTX 3060 sells for $700-$800.  So if you need a whole system upgrade, they are a good bargain presently.  Shop on Dell/Alienware or iBuyPower for a good deal.

    How much memory does the card have?  I would choose a RTX 3060 (or variant) with 12GB over one with 8GB. 

    Post edited by nakamuram002 on
  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,120

    strictly on the question: yes

  • bobety316_c50224ad1fbobety316_c50224ad1f Posts: 75

    nakamuram002 said:

    bobety316_c50224ad1f said:

    prixat said:

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

    Really!? Sounds great, thanks! It's actually a 3060ti, don't know if that makes a difference? 

    I just purchased a whole system with an RTX 3060 12GM for my granson for $1350.  On Amazon, an RTX 3060 sells for $700-$800.  So if you need a whole system upgrade, they are a good bargain presently.  Shop on Dell/Alienware or iBuyPower for a good deal.

    How much memory does the card have?  I would choose a RTX 3060 (or variant) with 12GB over one with 8GB. 

    It has 8g of ram. You reccomend going for the 3060 at 12g then? 

  • prixatprixat Posts: 1,588

    Based on availability, price and memory I chose a 12GB 3060 system last year.

  • bobety316_c50224ad1fbobety316_c50224ad1f Posts: 75

    nonesuch00 said:

    strictly on the question: yes

    Thank you :)

  • bobety316_c50224ad1fbobety316_c50224ad1f Posts: 75

    prixat said:

    Based on availability, price and memory I chose a 12GB 3060 system last year.

    Great, thanks, I will take your advice then :) 

  • nakamuram002nakamuram002 Posts: 788

    bobety316_c50224ad1f said:

    nakamuram002 said:

    bobety316_c50224ad1f said:

    prixat said:

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

    Really!? Sounds great, thanks! It's actually a 3060ti, don't know if that makes a difference? 

    I just purchased a whole system with an RTX 3060 12GM for my granson for $1350.  On Amazon, an RTX 3060 sells for $700-$800.  So if you need a whole system upgrade, they are a good bargain presently.  Shop on Dell/Alienware or iBuyPower for a good deal.

    How much memory does the card have?  I would choose a RTX 3060 (or variant) with 12GB over one with 8GB. 

    It has 8g of ram. You reccomend going for the 3060 at 12g then? 

    New system, if too much $$$ then wait for a resonable price on the 12GB RTX3060. 

  • docbotherdocbother Posts: 107

    During a render, IRAY's use of GPU RAM can exceed the total size of thes scene siting in memory by several times. If the render runs out of GPU RAM, DS reverts to CPU-only rendering.

    Take the RAM. Leave the cannoli.

  • takezo_3001takezo_3001 Posts: 1,974

    bobety316_c50224ad1f said:

    prixat said:

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

    Really!? Sounds great, thanks! It's actually a 3060ti, don't know if that makes a difference? 

    Yeah it does, about a 4GB difference in VRAM... 

  • PerttiAPerttiA Posts: 10,024

    takezo_3001 said:

    bobety316_c50224ad1f said:

    prixat said:

    Yes, you'll get greater than three times the render speed.

    Really!? Sounds great, thanks! It's actually a 3060ti, don't know if that makes a difference? 

    Yeah it does, about a 4GB difference in VRAM... 

    And considering the base load of the OS, DS, the scene and the necessary Working space, a 12GB card has almost twice as much VRAM for the textures and geometry than a 8GB card has = Huge difference.

  • grendel1grendel1 Posts: 13

    PerttiA said:

     

    And considering the base load of the OS, DS, the scene and the necessary Working space, a 12GB card has almost twice as much VRAM for the textures and geometry than a 8GB card has = Huge difference.d

     Would using a cheaper card for display to free up vram on the main render card improve this situation?

    I'm thinking about getting a 3060 myself anyway, but looking at prices lately I'm also trying to come up with ways to use a 1060 6GB I already have. I gather from reading the new version of daz uses quite a bit of vram on GTX cards already.

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