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Morning everyone. Fresh coffee is ready. Cinnamon sprinkled Mallo bars and plain Mallo bars are on the counter.
I live north of the U.S. near a large metropolitan city. I love movies and collect them. Old, new and of various genres. My love of computer 3D images started with the release of the 1982 film 'Tron ' and the 1984 film 'The Last Starfighter'. Just dated myself.
I've dabbled with various 3D programs over the years including 3DS MAX, Cinema 4D, and Blender. Then a few months ago I discovered DAZ3D. Found out that I do not want to model characters, building, etc. I do like building scenes in DAZ though. Taking the assets and making images, fine tuning it and if all goes well being happy with the results.
I'm learning new things with every project and I'm looking forward to what I will learn next. Having lots of fun.
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960 Ti? you mean a 980 Ti? The 960 Ti was only a rumor in 2015 and never happened.
The 780 Ti is best bang for the money. 2880 Cuda cores over the 760's 1152.
Shame about the low amount of Vram on both cards though, and Iray needs the Vram.Brand. Anything that offers a good support over 3 years. EVGA seems to come top of the list in that respect.
you know when you avoid making an account at a site to download something for ages because it's yet another account somewhere, eventually bite the bullet and try to sign up only to discover you already had an account you'd forgotten about ?
well that was me just now with sharecg.
anyway hello everyone I am relatively new to this whole 3D thing, although I lurked and downloaded a bunch from KAT. My name is easily Discoverable and I live below the equator in almost the most southern spot you can get without being in Antarctica and still being gmt+2.
I started with the DAZ stuff originally when I couldn't find character art for a DnD character of mine, I then discovered that the stuff I made at the time was even worse 🙂 and sadly I seem to have deleted it since.@norbertz or anyone else with who would know.
so because it was mentioned.. Figured I'd ask..;-)
I haven't built a computer in over a decade so I'm rusty and out of the loop.
I'm wanting to upgrade my Nvidia card. Any suggestions on what would be a safe upgrade for the time being to get a bit more speed/power and safe for my current system?
Current system.
Acer
Windows 8.1 Pro
Intel core i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40 ghz 12GB RAM
Nvidia GT 630Rank:A 780 Ti a grand? Nah, I think you're confusing it with the 10 series cards 🙂
The 780 Ti would be around 150-180 Canadian.No need to sell a kidney or limb to fund a good GPU, there are plenty good used cards out there. You just have to be certain they haven't been used for mining.
Rank:Used, a 980 Ti will suffice. Plenty of CUDA and 6GB of VRAM.
Nvidia sacrificed CUDA for VRAM in the 10 series cards. Seems they want the 3D artists to splash on a Titan.New card. Hmmm, If you have the money a 1080 with 8GB of VRAM is a good card.
After that the prices go sky high and you may have to sell body parts to fund a 1080 Ti and up.as a purely academic exercise, the gtx 1050 ti is supposedly a decent card
and also appears decently priced
https://www.takealot.com/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050ti-4gb-gddr5-128bit-graphic-card/PLID43826932
naturally they're not unlikely to ship to Canada but the currency conversion comes out at around $280 CANI honestly thought the 980 Ti was old hat these days and would be a lot cheaper. Can someone pass the Top Ramen.. LOL At Least I have something to look for. 😉
People are using these cards for crypto-currency mining, it's driven the price up insanely. Anecdotally one person said they bought a 1080TI last year, and could now sell it 2nd hand for $300 more than they paid for it.
It's not the vendors putting up the prices, it's the retailers.
@Dragon
that 1050 Ti is only pushing 768 CUDA Cores if anything that's gonna skyrocket your render times, the 980 Ti i'm running is pushing 2800+ CUDA Cores, does very well on even large renders. Keep an eye on Amazon, picked this one up for $490 including shipping, and it's the 6GB not 4GB....it was a good deal.@3danimenut101 Thanks. Thats out of my price range though. I'm disabled and on a very limited budget so I'll have to save for awhile.
I hear ya there @Dragon, disabled Vet myself, I play the money juggling game every month.
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