Member Kabaal Posted October 4, 2014 Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Hello I am thinking it’s time to upgrade my aging PC (Q6660 2.4ghz with 8Gig Ram) and I have been reading through the forum topics on this sort of thing. I have been seeing a lot of posts saying the 580 series of NVidia cards are still some of the best value and best performing cards there is for 3D coat. I currently have a 570gtx with 1.5Gb RAM on board. My question is this: Is my current card worth keeping if I am planning to build a new pc based around one of the Haswell 1150 socket PCs e.g. i7 4790K. The software I use is 3D Coat v3 (hopefully V4 soon) and Lightwave 11.6, I don’t have Octane or any of the GPU based render engines so I am wondering what benefits a newer card would give me (if any!) All opinions welcome as having to buy a new graphics card will have a huge impact on budget etc. and any help would be appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Aleksey Posted October 4, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 that card should be more than enough. if you start hitting limits ( ie, your scene lags too much) then get a 580 or 780, depending on your budget. although im not sure how much better a 580 is than a 570. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kabaal Posted October 4, 2014 Author Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Thanks for the info Aleksey. Good to know as it means I will have more budget for Cpu and/or RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member L'Ancien Regime Posted October 4, 2014 Advanced Member Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 geforce 990 is coming....early in 2015. Do want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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