Graphicscard / GPU performance?

[JollieOllie]

Hi there,
I am not unhappy with the performance of my GPU (RTX 3060 12GB), but curious if a more potent one really would result in better performance.

My thought:
I cannot utilize my GPU to 100%. It’s close when I export .raf with DP XD3 (1. Pic), but it’s much less, when just edit or use the loupe tool or AI or such (2. Pic)

So, would a more powerfull GPU. like a RTX 5070, result in any performance advantages?
Or would the spikes in the taskmanger just become shorter, because PL9 can’t make use of the more powerfull GPU?

[andras.csore]

TaskMan- > Choose ‘Compute 0’.

GPU-Z may even better:

[JollieOllie]

Sorry, I don’t understand what you say.
(and I don’t have a “Compute 0”, are any “Compute” in that list. )

[JollieOllie]

But I’ve downloaded GPZ Z.

Looks like this when I export

and like this, when i move the loupe around or AI

[Wlodek]

@JollieOllie

I don’t have a “Compute 0”, are any “Compute” in that list.

Probably you use old NVIDIA driver which doesn’t register with WDDM any ‘Compute’ engines. See e.g. Enumerating GPU Engine Capabilities - Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn and related links.

@JollieOllie

I cannot utilize my GPU to 100%.

Which is mostly normal. With DeepPRIME3 you would typically get much lower GPU usage than with XD2s or XD3. You may increase number of export threads from the default 2 to 3 when using DP3, but at the risk of exports becoming unstable. Some parts of processing require to be run on a single logical CPU, so it’s impossible to get 100% load all of the time. Efficiency depends much on NVIDIA driver and some Windows code, which manage GPU “kernels” execution. Don’t worry about it.

[JollieOllie]

@Wlodek

The driver is current:

[Wlodek]

So maybe NVIDIA does not register engines with ‘Compute’ name for 3060? Maybe it has something to do with Win version? I’m using the same driver with RTX 4070, Win11 24H2 26100.7462 and I can see Compute_0 and Compute_1 (in my case the busy one) engines in TaskManager, performance counters, etc. Strange.

[JollieOllie]

@JollieOllie

So, would a more powerfull GPU. like a RTX 5070, result in any performance advantages?
Or would the spikes in the taskmanger just become shorter, because PL9 can’t make use of the more powerfull GPU?

Thanks so far. But ist there an answer to my question?
It try to find out, if it makes sense to invest in more modern card. What could/would be the real world benefits to me?
Faster export probably? Anything else?

[Wolfgang ([ Win11, PL9, FP7, VP5, Nik8 + 3.3 ])]

@JollieOllie

It try to find out, if it makes sense to invest in more modern card.

For example, you can compare the RTX 3060 12GB vs RTX 5070 12GB here,
which suggests that the RTX 5070 should deliver better performance

(and consumes significantly more power …)

Only you can determine whether this applies to your system when using PL.