#Mac pro 2013 graphics card exception upgrade#
#Mac pro 2013 graphics card exception mac#

The other factor in naming it the 'sweet spot' has to do with power. The GTX 780 with 6GB GDDR5 video memory is only slightly slower than the GTX 780 Ti and TITAN Black but costs much less. The GREEN bar highlights the GeForce GTX 780 6G we are deeming the 'sweet spot.' To repeat, the RED graph bar means fastest. Danny has posted a compilation of render times. We used an animation simply known as robot' provided courtesy of Juan Salvo and Danny Princz. The Ray-traced 3D function renders with GPUs exclusively - if they are CUDA capable. Using RenderTarget PT (Path Tracing), we rendered the octane_benchmark.ocs scene. We ran the TIMEDEMO of a recorded game sequence we call 'BF5.' The Advanced Settings were 2560x1440 Rez, Fullscreen, 4x MSAA, Anisotropic 8X, Vsync Disabled, Shader Detail Very High, Effect Detail High, Model/Texture Detail High, Multicore Rendering Enabled.ДЄ 'GPU only' standalone renderer, it requires a CUDA capable GPU (spelled NVIDIA).

Using the best settings with no vsync at 2560x1440, we entered the game at the same location and observed FPS. We ran it with the HIGH Quality preset, Fullscreen, 2560x1440, Vsync off. We selected the Extreme Preset which runs at 1600x900 with Ultra quality and 8x Anti-aliasing.ДЇeral Interactive conveniently includes a built-in benchmark. Using OpenGL, it features advanced visual technologies (dynamic sky, volumetric clouds, sun shafts, DOF, ambient occlusion) while вЂflyingвЂ™ over extremely detailed, seamless terrain. We rendered the complex Room scene using GPU only. One of the filters that uses OpenCL is Iris Blur. Good.' We performed a playback with 16 blur nodes being rendered on-the-fly. We imported a 289 frame 5K RED clip into an HD 1080PsF 25 project with Decode Quality set to 'Half Res. The GREEN bar highlights the GeForce GTX 780 6G we are deeming the 'sweet spot.')

#Mac pro 2013 graphics card exception mac#

Test 'mule' was a 2010 Mac Pro 3.33GHz Hex-Core. R7950 = Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition with 3G of VRAM G680 = GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition with 2G of VRAM G780 6G = GeForce GTX 780 with 6G of VRAM G780 Ti = GeForce GTX 780 Ti with 3G of VRAM TITAN Black = GeForce GTX TITAN Black with 6G of VRAM It just may be the 'sweet spot.' We'll explain after you peruse the graphs. We recently tested the GeForce GTX 780 with 6G of GDDR5 video memory (courtesy of MacVidCards).

#Mac pro 2013 graphics card exception upgrade#

One of our favorite upgrade paths is the graphics processing unit aka GPU. we continue to explore ways to 'pump up' the legacy Mac Pro towers. Though most of the attention is on the new 2013 Mac Pro. Posted Friday, July 25th, 2014 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist