Until now I've been using V10e for paid work but the fan on my (4) year-old GPUs have been getting noisy. Received an email from Microcenter showing the Zotac ZT-50206-10M for $139.99 AR (the price I paid) & today they are still $149.99 AR.
This is the best price for a GTX 570 I have seen, this card is shorter than most, and so far the fan noise is not above the other combined fans in my case...
I installed the GTX 570 with the 296.10 driver in my 4ghz 6-core 980X. The 5 minute sample clip was a typical HD project rendered using the MainConcept Blu-ray codec.
5 MINUTE HD to BR RENDER:
V10e = 100% of CPU = 7:52 minutes
V12 = 50%-70% of CPU, GPU ON = 3:55 minutes
I then allowed (2) 1.5 hour VEG files to render at the same time. One was HD to BR and the other was a copy the same project down-converted to DVD mpg2.
1.5 HOUR HD TO BR & 1.5 HOUR HD TO DVD (2 Renders at Once):
V10e = 100% of CPU = 3.5 hours
V12 = 70%-80% of CPU, GPU ON = 2.25 hours
No Crashes. Haven't checked the above footage for errors, but file sizes are similar to V10e renders...
I could never get V11 to work reliably even after testing it out with a borrowed GTX 570. I installed V12 but CPU-only renders were slower than V10e on my system. Achieving a 50% render boost for $150 in hardware was a great investment.
This is the best price for a GTX 570 I have seen, this card is shorter than most, and so far the fan noise is not above the other combined fans in my case...
I installed the GTX 570 with the 296.10 driver in my 4ghz 6-core 980X. The 5 minute sample clip was a typical HD project rendered using the MainConcept Blu-ray codec.
5 MINUTE HD to BR RENDER:
V10e = 100% of CPU = 7:52 minutes
V12 = 50%-70% of CPU, GPU ON = 3:55 minutes
I then allowed (2) 1.5 hour VEG files to render at the same time. One was HD to BR and the other was a copy the same project down-converted to DVD mpg2.
1.5 HOUR HD TO BR & 1.5 HOUR HD TO DVD (2 Renders at Once):
V10e = 100% of CPU = 3.5 hours
V12 = 70%-80% of CPU, GPU ON = 2.25 hours
No Crashes. Haven't checked the above footage for errors, but file sizes are similar to V10e renders...
I could never get V11 to work reliably even after testing it out with a borrowed GTX 570. I installed V12 but CPU-only renders were slower than V10e on my system. Achieving a 50% render boost for $150 in hardware was a great investment.