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| Old GPU: FirePro V3750 |
Yesterday I upgraded my video card. Previously I was running, an ATI FirePro 3750, which was a great entry level card for 3D design, but it was getting a little dated and I needed something new. Specifically, the 3750 had a few hang ups in Maya2012 where the viewport was not refreshing properly. I’m pretty sure it had something to do with viewport 2.0, but I can’t say for certain.
I ended up purchasing a GeForce GTX 465, and so far I’m pretty happy. It runs on Nvidia’s Fermi architecture. This card is a beast size wise. I had to remove my ram, hard drive, power cables, and cpu cooler just to get it in. All said and done, it took about an hour or so to install it and get everything back in place.
I have yet to run any serious tests on the card, but I feel fairly confident in it from its documented performance. Windows benchmarked it a 7.6, interestingly enough, the same rating as my i7 cpu. Currently it’s ranked among the top of its class. It takes two six-pin power inputs and runs HOT as anticipated.
If you put your hand in front the exhaust port, it feels like a small space heater. No Joke.
I ended up going with Nvidia over ATi this time because I’m interesting in Cuda processing. I’ve seen some pretty interesting things done with it, but at this point I don’t know enough to say if it’s worth it. I guess I’ll find out.
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| New GPU: GTX 465 |
GTX 465 Specs:
| CUDA Cores | 352 |
| Graphics Clock (MHz) | 607 MHz |
| Processor Clock (MHz) | 1215 MHz |
| Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) | 26.7 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) | 1603 |
| Standard Memory Config | 1024 MB GDDR5 |
| Memory Interface Width | 256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 102.6 |
| NVIDIA SLI®-ready* | 2-way/3-Way |
| NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready |  |
| NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready*** | |
| NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology** | HD |
| NVIDIA PhysX™-ready | |
| NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology | |
| Microsoft DirectX | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 |
| Bus Support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
| Certified for Windows 7 | |
| Maximum Digital Resolution | 2560x1600 |
| Maximum VGA Resolution | 2048x1536 |
| Standard Display Connectors | Two Dual Link DVI
Mini HDMI |
| Multi Monitor | |
| HDCP | |
| HDMI | |
| Audio Input for HDMI | Internal |
| Height | 4.376 inches (111 mm) |
| Length | 9.5 inches (241 mm) |
| Width | Dual-slot |
| Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) | 105 C |
| Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) | 200 W |
| Minimum Recommended System Power (W) | 550 W |
| Supplementary Power Connectors | 6-pin x2 |
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