The new NVidia GTX 1080 and Max / VRay / Zbrush implications

[mikekime]

Question for you technical guys. NVidia just announced the GTX 1080 coming out later this month.

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080

 

I'm curious what this means for my work flow and V-Ray rendering (Cuda Cores?). I use Max (viewport power and VRay rendering) and Zbrush. What could this card mean for that? I currently have a 7 Series Titan in my home machine and a 980 at work.

 

Thanks.

[dominikdjamic]

VRay standard uses CPU for rendering, VRay RT uses GPU. Cuda Cores are something like processing units of GPU.

 

All that aside, we really know nothing really about the new cards. Just wait for people to benchmark it and base your judgement on that. Your Titan Z has something like double the amount of Cuda Cores, but memory clock is half the speed. 1080 would, obviously, be faster than 980, that's for sure. I just doubt it would be that much.

[inpow watir]

i'm too still await hands on testimony from real work world.. of how this would bring good impact

[marcoromero]

Vladimir Koylazov from Chaos Group has tested the new Nvidia GeForce 1080 with Vray RT GPU. On average, it looks like the GTX 1080 is about as fast as a Titan X and about 25% faster than a GTX 980.

http://www.evermotion.org/articles/show/10189/geforce-gtx-1080-tested-with-v-ray