GTX 560 TI or GTX 580 3gb or GTX 680 4gb for adobe cs5.5 and cs6

[clarizza]

I really need help on what to choose. I use after effects and premiere pro cs 5.5 and cs 6 once stable, i dont play games.
I have been reading this article.

http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

for premier pro and havent seen any info for after effects.

I am choosing from 3 cards gtx 560 TI, gtx 580 3gb and gtx 680 4gb.

My mobo is rampage 3 extreme so it only support pcie 2.0 i have read from other forum that there is not much difference between pcie 2.0 and pcie 3.0.

Im really confused, if the difference is only seconds like lets say, i render

60 secs on gtx560 TI
58 secs on gtx580
55 secs on gtx680

then i'll just go with gtx560 TI and then just buy SSD. If there is a significant difference between those 3 and its really worth it to get the highest and latest GPU then
ill go for it.

Pls guru's i need your help, i only read people saying to get the latest for the sole reason that its the latest and have highest spec but not really helpful.

I just hope i can find more information or real time benchmark on different cards like the studio1productions did. Its so much helpful.

 

[Jaydip]

Grab the 680 it is much faster than an entry point quadro in adobe cs5.5 and cs6

 

[clarizza]

ok now im confused.

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/1019643#1019643

3xgtx 570 is king of speed on after effects but this is for mac.

 

[Jaydip]

Just browse through the charts u linked in ur post 680 is faster than a 570

 

[blckgrffn]

Seriously, you are looking at a variance of rendering that looks to be within that "seconds" time frame - and is heavily influenced by the system.

GTX680 Z800 ---- 2GB 1536 192.256 1006 3 0:17:34 1054 <-- Looks like the Z800 has a bunch (12?) Xeon cores @ 2.66 Ghz

GTX680 i7-3820 @3.60 GHz - 32GB RAM --- 2GB 1536 192.256 3 0:14:00 840 <-- looks like the CPU speed makes a huge difference.

In the first scenario, the GTX 580 is slower than the reference GTX 580 by a trivial amount, which seems about right depending on the CUDA app.

In the second it is some 20% faster.

The difference being CPU speed. Looks like that trumps the CUDA capabilities of given card given its effect on throughput and that even a tri-SLI GTX 570 is only marginally faster.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlY-UawCfDQudEhQYWJsbUtRSVktZlFIR2xsSzFXMUE#gid=1

OP, I would buy a GTX 560 Ti 448 or GTX 570 for the best bang for your buck and then get a really solid CPU like the i7 3930k.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0376493

That will make it all faster, not just the cuda optimized pieces.

 

[Dark Shroud]

Also the GTX 600 cards suck for GPGPU with CUDA & OpenCL.