AMD Firepro GPU's ok?

Cliff Etzel wrote on 7/8/2017, 12:07 PM

I'm having a difficult time finding an AMD RX 3xx & 4xx card that will stay within my budget, but I've been finding some good prices on 2GB & 4GB Firepro cards like the W4000 - Wondering what other users say about them for getting the most out of Vegas Pro 13 - and eventually when Vegas Pro 15 is released.

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Cliff Etzel wrote on 7/12/2017, 4:34 PM

OpenCL/GL are open source code, CUDA is not; basically a matter of cost. The other issue is CUDA is not necessarily backwards compatible; if NVIDIA feels like it, architecture will change.

I agree with you on the differences of OpenCL vs CUDA... I'm still sorting out which AMD card to go with... Any comments thaton the Radeon 7970? Do AMD cards typically run hotter than Nvidia cards? I have read several comments around that being an issue (my 6970 runs almost 20 degrees hotter than my gtx-660ti all around)

OldSmoke wrote on 7/12/2017, 4:39 PM

Any comments thaton the Radeon 7970?

I wouldn't buy it. As mentioned earlier, R9 290/290X is the minimum because it's already PCIe 3.0 in case you upgrade your PC.

Cliff Etzel wrote on 7/12/2017, 4:44 PM

Looks like I have to hold out for awhile then until card prices fall back to normal... Bummer...