AMD/Nvidia

[SamDavis]

i have a simple quick question, not sure if it has already been asked but i was wondering if it is possible to run a GTX 680 and a 7970 in the same PC but run them as single cards, id liek to use the AMD card for 3D rendering and modeling and the Nvidia card for Video editing, is this possible?

[Whaler_99]

As far as I am aware you can - but more of the AMD is primary card, the NVidia is use for something like physics. Running both, with different displays and doing different things? I really don't know how the computer would figure all this out, not to mention the drivers with each competing between each other and other system resources. I would say just get a matching card to what you have and run in SLI or Crossfire...

Not saying it cannot be done... just don't think it likely or would work well if you can.

[SamDavis]

thank you for your reply, was a lil idea i had and wanted to know if i should invest in said idea, :P. Thanks again :D

[SamDavis]

Sorry for the double post, but if im building my PC to be geared toward more of 3D modeling and animation, maybe some video editing on the side, i should swing toward the 7970 over a GTX 680.

[Frestylezz]

I believe you want Nvidia for 3D and video, because of CUDA.

[Ayumi]

I believe you want Nvidia for 3D and video, because of CUDA.

Not all rendering and GPU Acceleration uses CUDA. OpenCL/DirectCompute work also in many programs, and Kepler is pretty crippled in terms of compute performance.

[christoi]

Sorry for the double post' date=' but if im building my PC to be geared toward more of 3D modeling and animation, maybe some video editing on the side, i should swing toward the 7970 over a GTX 680.[/quote']

What programs are you using?

CUDA is currently a lot more widespread, so most programs that support GPU acceleration tend to utilize CUDA. OpenCL is preferable though, GPGPU performance of the 7970's is quite a bit better than the 680.

[TechFan@ic]

GPGPU computing on the 7000 series is unmatched, AMD went to lengths to change their architecture from the VLIW to GCN just to improve GPGPU & it did so successfully .

If you need CUDA however for specific applications like adobe premier for video editing & also would like to do GPGPU computing then I'd advise you to get an nVidia 500 series card something like a GTX 570 will suit you well, because nVidia massively reduced the GPGPU computing ability of the 600 series to improve power consumption, your only choice would be to use an AMD 7000 series current gen card or an nVidia 500 series last gen card .

[AMD_Nemesis]

I believe you want Nvidia for 3D and video, because of CUDA.

I agree AMD has had a lot of success for being cheaper.

[Frestylezz]

I believe you want Nvidia for 3D and video, because of CUDA.

I agree AMD has had a lot of success for being cheaper.

They're not cheaper where I live... (yes, I just checked. Might be different where you live)

At least the High-end cards aren't. ATI just has more mid-range cards

[thegamezbeplayed]

AMD has opencl. If i were you i would just use one brand. Save yourself the hassle and driver mess