GPU for 3D rendering

[Edgarcond]

Budget (including currency): $1200

Country: El Salvador

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe After effects, Cinema 4D, 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Intel CPU Core i7-12700F

 

Hi, I'm in the process of upgrading my current workstation. I primarely use it for working freelance 2d animation, but I want to jump to 3d, probably not be doing intensive 3d work but i wouldn't want to have just the bare minimum that i would need to upgrade in just a few years, more like somewhat in the middle. I was between a rtx 3060 or a rtx 2060 super since now are below $400, but the reviews and comparison online confuse me to the point i don't know if there are going to be useful for what i need.
 

I would apreciate any help on chooseing betwenn this two or an alternative if is whoreted the exchange. Than you.

[tkitch]

3060 is much more powerful than a 2060.  If it's between the two DO NOT get the 20.

 

 

[Edgarcond]

13 minutes ago, tkitch said:

3060 is much more powerful than a 2060.  If it's between the two DO NOT get the 20.

 

 

my problem is that the rtx 2060 super has 8GB GDRR6 256-Bit but the rtx 3060 its 12GB GDRR6 192-Bit, so what i understand in the reviews is that the difference between the 256-Bit and the 192-Bit may not give me the performance that i need, but again, i'm not to knowledgeable in this.

[tkitch]

Just now, Edgarcond said:

my problem is that the rtx 2060 super has 8GB GDRR6 256-Bit but the rtx 3060 its 12GB GDRR6 192-Bit, so what i understand in the reviews is that the difference between the 256-Bit and the 192-Bit may not give me the performance that i need, but again, i'm not to knowledgeable in this.

for most uses you won't see the difference,

 

but the extra GPU power, and extra RAM are much more likely to make a difference.  

[jaslion]

14 minutes ago, Edgarcond said:

my problem is that the rtx 2060 super has 8GB GDRR6 256-Bit but the rtx 3060 its 12GB GDRR6 192-Bit, so what i understand in the reviews is that the difference between the 256-Bit and the 192-Bit may not give me the performance that i need, but again, i'm not to knowledgeable in this.

Doesnt matter. 3D rendering cares like nothing about memory speed. The 12gb of vram on the 3060 is MASSIVELY better than the 8 on the 2060 due to sheer amount alone.

 

The 3060 also has way faster rt acceleration so in applications that use that you can render up to twice as fast.

 

The 2060 is a mistake to buy here when the 3060 is an option.

 

Memory speed is only worth considering when its a real time application like games. In 3d rendering its flat out ignorable.

[brob]

After Effects can do multi-frame rendering. More VRAM may mean more concurrent frame renders.

[iwannasleep]

I have some experience in programming a rendering and raytracing engine. 3060 12GB or 3090 24GB are your best bets in terms of price to performance right now. More slower VRAM is always better than having less faster VRAM. 2060 Super is both slower and has less VRAM, so I wouldn't consider it at all for the same price as the 3060. If you specifically want a 8GB VRAM card, I would personally wait for the 4060 or get a 3060Ti, because its price to performance is better than the 3060.

 

The same will be true with 4000 series cards. 4060 will have 8GB VRAM, so it will be worse than 3060. 4060Ti will have 10GB VRAM and it still will be worse than 3060, but I would consider it, since I highly believe that at least in the beginning you won't be using any high resolution textures and so on, as well as you will be creating simple one, maybe two character scenes, so a 10GB VRAM card is my recommendation for beginners in 3D.

 

You mentioned Cinema4D, so the rendering engine is V-Ray. I personally have no experience with this engine, but I highly believe that if the scene doesn't fit into the card's VRAM, the system RAM is used, so you might experience slowdowns in your renders. For example NVIDIA's Iray won't render a scene on the GPU at all if it doesn't fit into VRAM, the same is true for Blender's Cycles.