Best nVidia card combination (580GTX and 970GTX)

Zelkien69 wrote on 1/25/2015, 10:04 PM
The discussion about graphics cards is largely endless as Sony has not updated to a newer architecture since the 5xx series. This leaves not only a perceivable gap in performance with what should be, but also leaves a smooth running Vegas 12 or 13 machine with a 580GTX at a strong disadvantage if any other software requires a newer GPU.

While I'm not willing at this time to switch to AMD (that can be it's own discussion), I was half asleep when "IT" hit me.

What about mixing a 580GTX and a newer 970GTX? Would that be the ideal nVidia set-up?

Is anyone running a mixed set-up like this with great results?

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OldSmoke wrote on 1/26/2015, 8:32 AM
The ideal Nvidia setup is 2x GTX580 which is what I had previously in my system. The even better setup is a mix of GTX580 and R9 290. This way you get both, OpenCL/GL support for timeline performance and you can still render to MC AVC and Sony AVC with CUDA support; MC AVC and Sony AVC are not supported by the R9 290 series.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Zelkien69 wrote on 1/26/2015, 3:49 PM
That does sound ideal OldSmoke. I looked into a couple of simple searches for nVidia and AMD and in every post there were either issues with running both cards because of OpenGL or issues with updated drivers reverting settings used to get both working.

I know that Neat Video v3.6 specifically states it can work with CUDA 6 and a 750ti, which indicates faster cards would reduce render times. Many of my videos use Neat and to reduce times even 5-10% would be gratefully beneficial.

I might have to bite the $330 bullet and be a test dummy.



OldSmoke wrote on 1/26/2015, 3:54 PM
I have NeatVideo 3.6 and it runs fine with my R9 290 too. As for running a mixed setup, I have not encountered any issue. I tried two mixes: GTX580 + HD6970 and R9 290 + GTX580 and both setups worked.
However, 2x R9 290 are still faster, especially with 4K footage and I don't use MC AVC nor Sony AVC anymore, I use Handbrake for Internet delivery.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Zelkien69 wrote on 1/26/2015, 4:40 PM
Good to know. Thanks for the follow-up. If I follow through I'll post the results.