GTX 1070 Ti or anything else?

So just recently "GPU Memory Full" message forced me to upgrade from gtx770 to something more. I had a quick look in to "hardware selection and configuration guide" document and can see that (for DR 15) 8GB of GPU memory is recommended for 4k editing.

I have done a research and figured out that gtx 1070 Ti might be my best option considering the price. Will this serve me for another two-three years or shall I consider any other option? I will be editing mostly HD timeline (4k occasionally) with color grading and now I will be using fusion as well.

Another question. Does it make any sense to keep my old gtx 770 as second card in my PC? Will Davinci benefit from this anyhow?

My setup:
i7(8 core), 32 GB RAM, GTX 770, Win 10, Davinci Resolve 15 Studio.

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure everyone will tell you to get a 1080ti

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure everyone will tell you to get a 1080ti

I know 1080Ti would be much better option here. The only thing is that 1080Ti is almost twice the 1070Ti's price.

Since the 770 can run the CUDA 3.0 required, you could keep it strictly as the GUI card, but if you try to use both cards for GPU processing, it will actually slow your machine down.

Using cards in tandem means that the lowest, slowest card determines the processing speed and Vram used in the higher card.

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure everyone will tell you to get a 1080ti

no -- i wouldn't! i really hate this waste of money and disproportional expensive hardware resources.
a 8GB 1070ti is IMHO a very well choice. sure, it's a little bit slower then the top end options, but you will not face any essential barrier, which wouldn't be there in case of a 1080ti too. it's IMHO much more useful to work in an economic and purposeful manner, than to show off with oversized gear.

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure everyone will tell you to get a 1080ti

no -- i wouldn't! i really hate this waste of money and disproportional expensive hardware resources.
a 8GB 1070ti is IMHO a very well choice. sure, it's a little bit slower then the top end options, but you will not face any essential barrier, which wouldn't be there in case of a 1080ti too. it's IMHO much more useful to work in an economic and purposeful manner, than to show off with oversized gear.

I actually looked at some benchmark tests and 1080Ti appears to be just slightly better/faster than 1070Ti. As long I will be able to edit (even with optimized media) and render 4K with no "GPU Memory Full" issues, I will be absolutely happy.

Hi.

I don't know what benchmark you have been looking at?
But If you look at Live Playback Results in this link:

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/artic ... 12GB-1108/

Is the GTX 1080 Ti a lot faster than the GTX 1070 Ti.

But we are all waiting for the next generation of nVidea Graphics cards. Some hope they will be called GTX 20xx, others expect GTX 11xx. You can try to google them. I expect then to be ether faster or cheaper and hope they will arrive to summer.

Regards Carsten.

I don't know what benchmark you have been looking at?
But If you look at Live Playback Results in this link:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/artic ... 12GB-1108/
Is the GTX 1080 Ti a lot faster than the GTX 1070 Ti.

even in this review, the authors summarized realistically:

"As for actual GPU performance, with basic color corrections (via the color wheels) and four power windows with similar corrections, we actually didn't see much difference between the different GPU models. The GTX 1060 was slightly slower than the other cards, but overall if you are just using Resolve for basic color grading then a mid-range GPU should work just fine."

The highest performing GPUs are currently so overpriced due to the cryptocurrency scene!

I can fully understand that you'd like to go for a mid-level one. IMHO, they can deliver pretty well if you are not needing temporal processes (temporal NR, slo-mo etc.) too often.

ok .. as my projects were waiting I had to act quick and this way I got gtx1070ti. Have to say it is a huge difference for me. So far I have tested it on a short promo clip (only a minute long) with a lot of grading nodes, de-flicker in almost each shoot, temporal-NR in one, motion effects and some fusion animations. This is just a 1080 timeline but all works just fine. I think I will be happy with it for a while and when more expensive projects will come they will also pay for another upgrade, in case it will be required

I would have thought so with HD. UHD might get a bit less satisfying.

you need a 1080-ti or Titan Xp when you start doing stuff like NR on 6k source, or you will run out of Vram.

Practically everything I do on Resolve is now totally GPU bound, I would not recommend anything else than a 1080 ti and ideally 2 of them.

Used 1080 ti prices are touching $700 on eBay, as soon as the new models hit the stores I would not be surprised market pressure demands used prices to go under $500.

My setup:
i7(8 core), 32 GB RAM, GTX 770, Win 10, Davinci Resolve 15 Studio.

What make/model is your PC and/or motherboard, Wojciech?


RS 14.3 | MiniMonitor | Samsung U28D590 via Spyder5 Pro | DTV 10.9.7 | Win64 8.1 | ASUS ROG G751JL, Intel i7-4720HQ, 24GB, 1TB HDD, 500GB SSD, GTX965M | Mackie MCU Pro | Softube Console 1 | Shuttle Pro 2

I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure everyone will tell you to get a 1080ti

no -- i wouldn't! i really hate this waste of money and disproportional expensive hardware resources.
a 8GB 1070ti is IMHO a very well choice. ...IMHO [it's] much more useful to work in an economic and purposeful manner, than to show off with oversized gear.

+1000!



RS 14.3 | MiniMonitor | Samsung U28D590 via Spyder5 Pro | DTV 10.9.7 | Win64 8.1 | ASUS ROG G751JL, Intel i7-4720HQ, 24GB, 1TB HDD, 500GB SSD, GTX965M | Mackie MCU Pro | Softube Console 1 | Shuttle Pro 2