Read many horror stories but never that bad. Even 3D mark never cranked it past 70 C.
On 2014-12-12 02:39, Dan Yargici wrote: > The Quadro 4000s are TERRIBLE when it comes to cooling. I seem to remember > that they were idling at ~90 degrees C... > > DAN > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Raffaele Fragapane > <raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: > It sounds like you were well past the 15000 hours mark on those components. > Practically no non-enterprise gear is guaranteed to work continuously for > that long. Most is considered to have a reliable life of 10k, after which you > roll the dice. > > A couple mobos for what sounds like 25k or more hours of active duty is > nothing to sneeze at. > > You could buy/set up better ventilation in the casing, but it's unlikely that > just heat, especially if it was never going past 50 ambient, was shortening > component life much. > > And yes, everybody has their stories of hardware that lasted fifteen years, > and cars that were still good after 250000 miles, but that's not the average > mileage you should expect from consumer level hardware, or even non-server > oriented hardware in general. > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM, <hk-v...@iscs-i.com> wrote: > > Average temp ran around high 50's Celsius and rarely touched 70 C on a major > render. It was on nearly continuously for 3 years until mobo died in Feb then > Nov (warranty covered both). Any links for better cooling appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Henry > > On 2014-12-11 17:32, James De Colling wrote: > thats bizarre, I had a quadro4000 in my old machine for 2 years without a > problem. it was on 24/7 > > now I have a 770TI and again, its on 24/7 > > maybe look at some better cooling solutions? > > cheers > > james, > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:28 AM, hk-vndr <hk-v...@iscs-i.com> wrote: > > Apologies to my thumbs. I meant how long do you keep your computer on with a > card that generates such heat? > > In my case, I've had to replace my mobo twice this year from my Nvidia quadro > 4000. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Mirko Jankovic > Date:12/11/2014 2:32 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Best graphic card for Softimage? > > "How long can you can your computer on with this card in it?" > > Sry but clarification please? > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:28 PM, <hk-v...@iscs-i.com> wrote: > > How long can you can your computer on with this card in it? > > On 2014-12-11 05:36, Mario Reitbauer wrote: > > Got the msi gtx 970 gaming 4g. Quite happy with it. > > 2014-12-11 10:03 GMT+01:00 Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com>: > > right now 970 is best bang for backs. > they do not heat too much, power consumption is prety low and they do really > good job. > and on top of that Redshift as perfect companion ;) > viewport performance is not that big issue at all between two cards but being > able to utilise GPU rendering with CUDA is way more higher on the list then > couple more FPS in viewport > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Christoph Muetze <c...@glarestudios.de> > wrote: > I'd stay clear of the ATI/AMD consumer cards if I were you. From our > experience Soft becomes generally less stable (crashing a lot more), and > the raycast selection is going haywire sometimes. > > Chris > > On 11/12/14 04:44, phil harbath wrote: >> I went Redshift and have been very pleased. I can get by using a lot less >> computers than before on most projects, volume smoke is pretty much all I >> use MR for anymore. I have several computers with a combination of 780TI, >> 770, and 970, while I think the 780Ti give the best performance, it really >> makes more sense to buy the 970 as they are priced better or 980 if you have >> more cash. The Redshift say go with the cards with the most ram (that would >> be Titan 6tb, if you got even more cash), depends on your needs of course. >> >> From: David Rivera >> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 8:51 PM >> To: Softimage Mailing List >> Subject: Best graphic card for Softimage? >> >> I know this subject has been posted a lot over the years, but it happens >> that I read a benchmark performance between autodesk products on certain >> webpage. They tested Radeons vs Nvidias and turns out that Mudbox and >> Softimage ran better on AMD (Radeons) - this is mental ray render. >> >> >> So I was wondering whether to go full on mental ray (CPU) or take my savings >> and put it on a GPU renderer? Either case, now a days, which is the middle >> ranked graphic card for softimage? (My budget is around 1k). >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> David Rivera >> 3D Compositor/Animator >> LinkedIN >> Behance >> VFX Reel >> -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
