

However, it would be slower than a GTX 470 or GTX 570.

Quadro 5000 - This is based on a GTX 465, with a wider memory interface 320-bit memory bus giving it an edge over the GTX 465. Even a regular GTX 460 (not the GTX 460 SE version) would give you better performance due to the Quadro 4000 have only 256 CUDA cores, while the GTX 460 has 336 CUDA cores. In fact, the performance level is like the GTX 460 SE. However, it performs much slower than the GTX470. The Quadro 4000 - This video card is based on the same GPU that was used on the GTX 470. The GTX260 has a wider memory interface at 448 bit and would produce faster results than the FX 3800. This card is now 3 generations old and is based on the GTX 260, but with only a 256 bit memory interface. Also, the GTX 550 Ti, with it’s 192 CUDA cores and 192 bit memory interface would be faster than the Quadro 2000, due to the wider memory interface and slightly faster clock speed. In other words, the GTS450 would be slightly faster. Basically, it is just an GTS 450 with a slower clock speed. The Quadro 2000 - This video card only has 192 CUDA cores and a 128bit memory interface. Let’s take a look at some of the Quadro cards. Otherwise, the Quadro’s are under powered and over priced. The only reason to use a Quadro video card with Adobe programs is if you are using 10 bit source material and a 10 bit monitor like the HP Dreamcolor or similar. If you don't know the correct settings you can find them by trial and error but I find it is better to see what the rest of the footage was done with. Always move a copy to a different machine that does not have access to the first one to check the output. It absolutely needs to be configured correctly or you may as well not bother rendering it is going to look like crap and it may not do this until the render does not know where to reference files or settings. but really the codec matters more than the hardware. I'm running a titan (plain) mostly because I have load a billion polies scene files and not what the computer crash when I separate the files.

Really the cost of an Core i7 4770K make more sense if you are not making a lot of money on the card or writing it out of your tax costs. The 680GTX is the lowest card I'd use and it will over heat over time. h264 is nice but it can introduce artifacting if not used correctly and learning is stone b. You can also set objects to render to layers and how shadows interact with other objects in the scene. With rendering you can break the screen down into BSP or buckets depending on if they can be accessed in real time or they are locked once rendering starts. Lot of simple work load cells that do that task fast then grab the next piece. To be blunt rendering to cuda on supported software can be a hell of lot faster if you have something like a tesla or titan.
