Hello,
I am considering purchasing a new Blackwell series NVIDIA card to upgrade from my 3050 and want to make sure Topaz Video V 4.09 will work with it. I don’t care if it is not ‘optimized’ for this series but just need it to still work with the GPU.
Thank you.
Topaz support told me that this version should work with the NVIDiA 5000 series cards but obviously not optimized. Tech support told me they would try to confirm compatibility, but they are quite busy at the moment due to obvious reasons. Since they could not 100% confirm compatibility, I am glad any retailer I purchase a 5000 series from has a 30 day return policy and Amazon offers 3 year warranties (for a fee) on used graphics cards.
If anyone with a 5000 series card can add any info for Video AI V 4.09 or similar versions it would be appreciated.
Maybe Reddit would be the better place to reflect on current computer trends, but I find it quite comical that Microsoft demands I buy new hardware to run a supported version of Windows. Now I have this shiny new computer with 8 core AM5, DDR5, NVME, etc but when I try to upgrade my graphics card many of my current programs are not compatible without a lot of upgrades, patches, and headache. And this is on programs 2 years old or less. And unlike CPUs, I can’t even buy a new older model graphics card. I guess that is why used 4090s are $2,500+ on ebay. What a mess.
Aside from NVIDIA’s website detailing Blackwell compatibility located at;
1. Blackwell Architecture Compatibility — Blackwell Compatibility Guide 12.8 documentation.
The only info I could find on the web about Topaz AI 4.XX working with Blackwell is located at:
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ Review - Beating NVIDIA - GPU Compute | TechPowerUp.
Hoping this is not an issue for me as I spent the money on a used 3090 from Amazon certified refurbished. So now I have 4070 TI speed with 24 GB ram and I should not have to worry about Topaz performance issues or updating my entire AI software library-- if some programs are ever able to be upgraded.
Not happy as I could have purchased a 4060 TI 16GB for $450 2 months ago prior to this mess and would have been more than happy with the hardware capabilities. This card was going for over $800 used for the few I could find. Funny as all of the reddit posts called the 4060 TI 16gb a “horrible value.” I believe they all play video games exclusively.
For $1,350 total my 3090 comes with a 4 year warranty in case it spent its days solving wave equations in particle physics for bitcoin.
Hope this info helps someone in a similar situation.
First, stop relying on shill sites like TPU, Eurogamer, ect; TPU, and minions, has NOT been a reliable source for years (there’s a reason why TPU have oodles of GPUs to so-called evaluate compared to HONEST sources).
NVIDIA’s software stack just has been very soft since the 1Q25, but greatness awaits and NVIDIA’s upcoming stacks, will smash anything Radeon laughable easily, and not just the Blackwell SKUs but the entire RTX line (including Turing+) with the… PROPER… dev optimization, will see a huge increase soon!
