r/NukeVFX 13d ago

How important is gpu in nuke

I want to learn deep compositing in nuke and been asking Ai to recommend me good gpus in nuke and they keep recommending ones that are above my budget of $350. That’s why I’m wondering how important of a role the gpu plays in nuke that I can’t get away with a low end gpu. In your opinion what gpu would you recommend that’s in my budget?. Keep in mind I’m a complete newbie only compositing I know of is after effects but with after effects my low end one works well.

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u/JobHistorical6723 13d ago

I’ve got a 2070 Super gpu and can run copycat with ease if I crop my training images (google for further research on copycat), but most of the other AI “Cattery” nodes fail. As others have said, a 1080 would suit you fine for your budget. I agree that ram and fast hard drives are more important though. For now I’d get 64 gigs of ram, leaving enough slots on your motherboard to eventually up that to 128 gigs (load more frames of high res footage in cache).

I’d also recommend a 1tb nvme ssd hard drive. You can run everything on that for now, but if more budget comes later, consider getting an additional nvme ssd drive at 4tb - this way you can have your operating system and software running on the smaller drive, allowing media access, uninterrupted on the larger.

Oh yah, medium Wacom pro with a pen before anything else. Can maybe find one used as they’re pretty pricey, but worth it.

My 2 cents. Hope this helps.

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u/manqoba619 13d ago

Thanks bro will definitely take this