GTX 1070 or 1080 for 5.1

[frankdesign]

Hi Frankdesign,

How does the 1080 seem to be running? Do you have any tests to share? Also, I am just curious, how did you power the card on your 5,1?

Thanks!

Rob

Just bought a customized 8 pin to two 6 pin cable from TaoBao, a Chinese shopping website.

Haven't done any test, just run Diablo 3 and adobe cc， looks like everything is all right.

 

[flowrider]

And there's this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/nVidia-DUAL...727235?hash=item4b06fc0683:g:fPgAAOSwAKxWT8SJ

Lou

 

[m3rob]

And there's this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/nVidia-DUAL...727235?hash=item4b06fc0683:g:fPgAAOSwAKxWT8SJ

Lou

Awesome! Thanks Lou and frankdesign!

Rob

 

[flowrider]

New Cuda 10.0.81 here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-8.0.81-driver.html

Lou

 

[fhturner]

GTX 1080 will be Bottlenecked by your CPUs, regardless of workload you will post on it. Go for GTX 1070. Its fast enough, uses less power, and is cheaper.

The OP posted his workload.
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In his context HE WILL BE BOTTLENECKED REGARDLESS OF WORKLOAD HE WILL PUT ON THE GPU.

Catching up here...

Not to pick a fight here, koyoot, but I think the benefits of a more powerful GPU and the bottlenecking one might encounter are VERY dependent on workload. You keep stating that it is "regardless of workload", when I think you should be saying it is "regardFUL of workload"...it's very much specific to what one is doing. And in this case, the discussion is regardFUL of the OP's workload, which is editing 4K video and color grading. To say "regardless of workload" means that the 4K video and color grading are not relevant, when in fact, they are.

Might only be semantics, but I think insisting on the "regardless" bit is misleading to someone trying to get a handle on whether one thing or another will help their workflow.

 

[pierrox]

Very interesting thread as I'm debating with myself about the card I should get for my CMP 2009 with 3.46Ghz dual proc.

I do mainly editing work with it. Avid Media Composer mainly (which doesn't really have GPU acceleration yet), some Premiere, and a bit more DaVinci Resolve lately - mainly to prepare files for Avid or to prepare DCP exports. No FCP X.

From what I gather, the newer the better in terms of perf, but will I really benefit from the top end card? Basically, I'm a bit torn (not torn enough to lose sleep!) between:
- a GTX 980 Ti as it would also boot with 10.10 or 10.11 (pros) but might be a power hog (cons)
- a GTX 1080 but it would only boot with 10.12 (cons, I have some legacy soft I use once in a while) but would be gentler on the power (pros).

I currently have a R9 280X which I'm happy with as it's truly plug'n play. But I want to make this Mac last a few more years.

Side note: there seems to be plethora of "flashed" 980 Ti cards for sale on eBay Germany. What are those? Stolen code?