logo

Live Production Software Forums


Welcome Guest! To enable all features please Login or Register.

Notification

Icon
Error

Options
Go to last post Go to first unread
djones02  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, April 14, 2021 3:47:15 AM(UTC)
djones02

Rank: Member

Groups: Registered
Joined: 4/14/2021(UTC)
Posts: 14
Canada

I noticed that Geforce is on the recommended hardware lists and reference systems but I've seen some mentions of the Quadro cards having unlimited encoding sessions.
Does this make them better?

Geforce cards are also pretty hard to find now-a-days.

If you could pick any high end card would you use a Quadro? Which one?
Not including those super extreme rare cards.
IceStream  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:35:29 PM(UTC)
IceStream

Rank: Advanced Member

Groups: Registered
Joined: 3/7/2012(UTC)
Posts: 2,600
Man
Location: Canada

Thanks: 33 times
Was thanked: 501 time(s) in 470 post(s)
@ djones,

The best way to evaluate NVIDIA GPUs effectiveness with vMix and/or Quadro vs GeForce is by the number of CUDA cores.
Yes, GeForce cards have an imposed limit of to up to 3 NVENC encodes, whereas Quadro cards do not have that restriction but will still limited by the card's overall capabilities, so not exactly "unlimited" as the cards performance will deteriorate progressively with each added encode.
https://developer.nvidia...e-gpu-support-matrix-new



Ice
djones02  
#3 Posted : Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:27:19 AM(UTC)
djones02

Rank: Member

Groups: Registered
Joined: 4/14/2021(UTC)
Posts: 14
Canada

So the Quadro RTX 6000 has 4608 CUDA cores which is more than the diamond reference system RTX 2080 Ti (4352)

So would you say that the RTX 6000 is better due to higher CUDA cores and unrestricted Nvenc sessions?
IceStream  
#4 Posted : Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:59:16 PM(UTC)
IceStream

Rank: Advanced Member

Groups: Registered
Joined: 3/7/2012(UTC)
Posts: 2,600
Man
Location: Canada

Thanks: 33 times
Was thanked: 501 time(s) in 470 post(s)
@ djones02

Technically, yes, the RTX 6000 is better than the RTX 2080 Ti.
Are you going to notice the performance differences in vMix? Probably not.
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is about as good as it gets for most things vMix in the sense that it will pretty much handle everything that vMix can throw at it and as such, is good value, dollar for dollar when compared to "better" cards at twice the price.
If you need those extra NVENC encodes of a Quadro card and can justify the expense, then go for it, but you are unlikely to see or notice any performance differences with vMix between the two cards in my humble opinion.


Ice
Users browsing this topic
Forum Jump  
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.