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Lesha
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I am thrilled with the current card's performance and now I can run more plugins without clicks or crackles at lower latencies than before so I thought I could share my findings with you.
No offense but, the only way you can or should make claims like this is by performing one of the DAW latency benchmark tests and post before and after results. Even then, it's easy to manipulate the results, thus providing questionable results for other users due to various other factors.
There is no debating the high execution numbers of Nvidia's processes, and I have also used both Nvidia and Radeon cards, and there zero difference of resultant plugin counts for either card. Or extremely marginal.
You can also get micro-improvements by changing out things like RAM, adjusting PCI card slots, BIOS tweaks. IME the only way to increase plugin counts if your computer is already functioning well is by increasing FSB/CPU speeds (when CPU power is required).
A big misunderstanding I see all the time is that people think DPC latency is the same as buffer latency or that it effects latency in any way, which in my 20+ years building my own systems it does not.
Realistically, IME, those numbers don't affect plugin counts if your setup is already in a 'green-light' or a 'good place'. So for others, I would not go and run out to buy an AMD card and expect better DAW performance.
Also as pointed out, the variety of actual parts used as opposed to the labeling of these cards warrants more detailed inspections than simply AMD or Nvidia.
I would guess that if you did see actual improvement in your DAW host, it is probably more because your PC was not previously in the 'green-light' area, or something else was wrong and you made multiple changes all at once and credited it to the graphics swap. That said, I have seen much stranger things and I'm happy if it's working out good now, for you, regardless.
It's great to see the results of your testing though, and I am running a Nvidia 1050ti right now, I would be interested in switching back to one of those cards in the future.
Those drivers really to appear to be pigs in comparison of execution counts.