NVIDIA GPU For parallel programming

[spyridon97]

Hello guys, my professor at the university asked me to buy a NVIDIA gpu with as much as possible cuda cores for parallen programming . My choices are 2 with 2 subchoices from each category.

1st.)

Right now i have 230 euros so i could either pick gtx 780 ti and got nothing left or get gtx 780 stay with 40 euros ( i found someone already that sells palit 780 jetstream)

2nd)

The other option is to work for month (if i manage to find a job) and get get 400-500 euros (i live in greece) and with those money i could buy a gtx 980 for 330 or an 980ti for 400 euros

 

1xxx series are way too expensive so i will not even get glimpe of them.

 

I remind you that i do not care about gaming but Only for the best Pure-perfomance /euro ratio

 

780 has 2304 ,cost 190

780ti has 2880, cost 230

980 has 2048 , cost 330

980ti has 2816, cost 400

 

Help me choose what it's better for me

[don_svetlio]

Go for the most powerful option you can afford (1070 or 980 TI)

[The_Denks]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Go for the most powerful option you can afford (1070 or 980 TI)

He literally just said "1xxx series are way to expensive so i will not even get glimpe of them."

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, UberGamerKing said:

He literally just said "1xxx series are way to expensive so i will not even get glimpe of them."

and I said 1070 OR 980 Ti

[spyridon97]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Go for the most powerful option you can afford (1070 or 980 TI)

1070 has  1920 cuda cores

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, spyridon97 said:

1070 has  1920 cuda cores

CUDA core count is meaningless. If you need raw compute power then why are you even looking at Nvidia's older products? Buy a 290X and be done with it

[spyridon97]

5 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

and I said 1070 OR 980 Ti

i thought of it but my professon only know how to program with cuda cores.. so i have to go with it. I remind you that i do not care about gaming . Only about 

Pure perfomance /euro

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, spyridon97 said:

i thought of it but my professon only know how to program with cuda cores.. so i have to go with it. I remind you that i do not care about gaming . Only about 

Pure perfomance /euro

What language/software? Again - unless you are using CUDA-exclusive tools then Nvidia cards are just a price premium

[spyridon97]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

What language/software? Again - unless you are using CUDA-exclusive tools then Nvidia cards are just a price premium

He is using only cuda -exclusive tools . I do not know what language or software yet cause i kinda don't shit yet about that kind of programming. He will teach me. 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, spyridon97 said:

He is using only cuda -exclusive tools . I do not know what language or software yet cause i kinda don't shit yet about that kind of programming. He will teach me. 

Ask him first. Before you spend that amount of money it's a good idea to be informed about what you will be doing. For instance, if the software is compatible with OpenCL then you can easily get something like a 290(X)/390(X) and enjoy substantially higher compute power than a 780 Ti or 980

[Electronics Wizardy]

11 minutes ago, spyridon97 said:

1070 has  1920 cuda cores

The core count doesn't matter as the cores on a 1070 are much faster. Look at cuda and game benchmarks, not core count. 

 

How much vram do you need?

 

Id probably go 780ti

[spyridon97]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Ask him first. Before you spend that amount of money it's a good idea to be informed about what you will be doing. For instance, if the software is compatible with OpenCL then you can easily get something like a 290(X)/390(X) and enjoy substantially higher compute power than a 780 Ti or 980

ok i will think of it . Thanks for the info

[spyridon97]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The core count doesn't matter as the cores on a 1070 are much faster. Look at cuda and game benchmarks, not core count. 

 

How much vram do you need?

 

Id probably go 780ti

it's a hard choice as it seems