Dual Kepler GPU's and 3,072 CUDA cores on one card - GTX 690

[Mike Tiffee]

Just in time for CS6

~$1,000

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/article-keynote/

 

[Maz Mawlawi]

Just in time for CS6.

~$1,000

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/article-keynote/

I am pretty sure Adobe doesn't take advantage of dual GPU configuration...

 

[Paul Nordin]

Interesting. I wonder if a card like the, which uses SLI tech to integrate the two on-board processors will be fully utilized by CS6 and/or Resolve?

 

[Mike Tiffee]

I am pretty sure Adobe doesn't take advantage of dual GPU configuration...

Bummer. I read somewhere that CS6 would support dual GPU, but now I see that's for the Maximus configuration. So buying this card would be paying twice as much for less power than the 680. Looks like the 680 is a better card for CS6.

 

[Corey Culp]

Bummer. I read somewhere that CS6 would support dual GPU, but now I see that's for the Maximus configuration. So buying this card would be paying twice as much for less power than the 680. Looks like the 680 is a better card for CS6.

The 680 is still too new. It's still not a "supported" card yet.

Also, on the After Effects side, the ray-traced 3D renderer can't use Kepler-class cards like the 680. Adobe is apparently working on it.

 

[Umar Agha]

is there a catch...?

is there a catch...?

I know CS doesn't support dual graphic cards (SLI, etc.), but what if there were two GPUs on a single card? Does CS6 still read that as dual GPUs (i.e. dual graphics cards, single GPU on each) or is it "tricked" into thinking that the 690 is one big, powerful card?

 

[Curtis Stanton]

I know CS doesn't support dual graphic cards (SLI, etc.), but what if there were two GPUs on a single card? Does CS6 still read that as dual GPUs (i.e. dual graphics cards, single GPU on each) or is it "tricked" into thinking that the 690 is one big, powerful card?

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The 690 looks interesting. Even though it's a dual-GPU design, the card can actually run as two independent GPUs (as in two 680's in SLI mode), or it can be recognized as a single GPU. This differs from the design of the GTX 590, which always appeared as dual GTX 580's.
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[Lee Saxon]

Had he discovered this himself or read it in the press release? That's very much an "I'll believe it works at all, much less is stable, when I see it" feature.

 

[Umar Agha]

found some stuff on the Adobe forums...

found some stuff on the Adobe forums...

Thanks, Curtis.

I just read that CS6 does not support the Kepler architecture yet (which is the architecture used in the GTX 680 and 690s); I'm hopeful that they'll offer an update soon that will fix this because Kepler seems to be NVidia's architecture moving forward.

Sources:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4368056
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4389479

Since I'm in the middle of a PC build myself, I think I'll get one GTX 580 for now... with the possibility of adding a GTX 690 when Kepler is finally supported. Resolve requires two cards anyway, right (one for computations and one for display/GUI)?

Thanks!

 

[Stivan Widick]

If this card can run functionally as a single GPU and the memory is not split, it will really be worth a look.

 

[Umar Agha]

Agreed - though that's only after PPro/AE actually support/take advantage of the Kepler architecture (which they're currently "working on" with no promises or timeline).