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Title: JUST IN: All new updated Topaz AI bundle (double-discounted)
Post by: plugsnpixels on May 23, 2019, 11:25:32 am
Topaz just announced a revision to their entire AI Bundle (https://topazlabs.com/ref/5/). It's free for existing users and steeply discounted for new users.

Save an additional 15% off the sale price using the coupon code and link under "Topaz" on the Plugs 'n Pixels Discounts page (http://plugsandpixels.com/discounts.html).
Title: Re: JUST IN: All new updated Topaz AI bundle (double-discounted)
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 23, 2019, 05:09:41 pm
Out of curiosity, which of the apps in that bundle I would be able to run with this configuration? None? Some?
Title: Re: JUST IN: All new updated Topaz AI bundle (double-discounted)
Post by: Bart_van_der_Wolf on May 23, 2019, 06:37:05 pm
Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 23, 2019, 05:09:41 pm
Out of curiosity, which of the apps in that bundle I would be able to run with this configuration? None? Some?

Hi Slobodan,

The bad news is that the 600 series of Nvidia cards are not supported, and all NVIDIA cards with <2GB of dedicated VRAM are also unsupported:
https://help.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012811791-A-I-Gigapixel-System-Requirements

However, the good news is that Topaz has added a preference setting to all of these AI applications that allows switching between GPU and CPU mode. That's exactly what I do because my current Graphics card is also unsupported. Now these applications do run, albeit (much) slower. This also means that whenever you get to upgrade your hardware, it will probably also make these applications fly.

Cheers,
Bart
Title: Re: JUST IN: All new updated Topaz AI bundle (double-discounted)
Post by: kers on May 23, 2019, 09:40:23 pm
Quote from: Bart_van_der_Wolf on May 23, 2019, 06:37:05 pm
... This also means that whenever you get to upgrade your hardware, it will probably also make these applications fly.
Cheers,
Bart

I cannot recall anyone on this forum that saw Sharpen Ai fly... the others plugins I don't know...
My GPU is not the slowest but it took minutes...
Title: Re: JUST IN: All new updated Topaz AI bundle (double-discounted)
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 24, 2019, 03:19:49 am
Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 23, 2019, 05:09:41 pm
Out of curiosity, which of the apps in that bundle I would be able to run with this configuration? None? Some?

Probably depends on your patience. Mine doesn't allow me to use Sharpener, even on an iMac Pro.

Jeremy