Does my friend need a graphics card?

Eurofighter · 7 Nov 2019 at 21:10

He is going to buy a custom PC for video editing. Probably a Ryzen 2700X. I don't really know much about video editing and stuff but he is planning to make music videos.

Does he need a graphics card for this, i'm guessing it will render on the CPU?

sideways14a · 7 Nov 2019 at 21:19

Well if he gets a 2700x he is going to be fairly unimpressed with the machine if he doesnt get a video card, seeing as how he wont have a picture on the screen or anything

Ohh and he should get a 3700x as its faster, and he will still need a video card.

Eurofighter · 7 Nov 2019 at 21:29

Ah ok, I just saw that the AMD motherboards have HDMI ports.

sideways14a · 7 Nov 2019 at 21:35

Would assume they are for APU's - unless the board has built in graphics (is that a thing anymore?)

Gray2233 · 7 Nov 2019 at 21:39

sideways14a said:
Would assume they are for APU's - unless the board has built in graphics (is that a thing anymore?)

Not that I'm aware of.

With a 2700X some sort of GPU would be required, even if only to display to a monitor.

Eurofighter · 7 Nov 2019 at 22:54

OK. I will advise him to get 3700X. He should be able to afford it. But is a powerful GPU required for making videos?

MissChief · 7 Nov 2019 at 22:55

Eurofighter said:
OK. I will advise him to get 3700X. He should be able to afford it. But is a powerful GPU required for making videos?

No. Most of the workload is done by the CPU. Even something like an AMD 570 would suffice.

Eurofighter · 7 Nov 2019 at 23:07

OK, Thank you.

theforce · 7 Nov 2019 at 23:13

Eurofighter said:
Ah ok, I just saw that the AMD motherboards have HDMI ports.

That is in case you install an APU which includes an integrated GPU. Unfortunately, the highest performance APU, AMD currently offers tops out at 4cores / 8threads which will be underpowered for a video editing PC. It's a hard choice between the 3700x and 2700x since while the 3700x is quite faster, the 2700x is on offer and the X470 motherboards are quite cheaper than an x570 solution. All major video editors take advantage of a video card. The more VRAM, the better.

Eurofighter · 7 Nov 2019 at 23:15

theforce said:
That is in case you install an APU which includes an integrated GPU. Unfortunately, the highest performance APU, AMD currently offers tops out at 4cores / 8threads which will be underpowered for a video editing PC. It's a hard choice between the 3700x and 2700x since while the 3700x is quite faster, the 2700x is on offer and the X470 motherboards are quite cheaper than an x570 solution. All major video editors take advantage of a video card. The more VRAM, the better.

So he needs a good video card then?

sideways14a · 7 Nov 2019 at 23:20

AMD's view is that integrated graphics are for low end processors, they dont include any graphics with there higher end stuff - in actual fact they dont include graphics with something like 95% of there line.

You dont need a fancy video card for video editing, even a 570 could be considered a bit overkill although depending on what SW you use it may take advantage of a video processor.

Just get a basic video card and spend the money on the cpu and storage.

Eurofighter · 7 Nov 2019 at 23:47

sideways14a said:
AMD's view is that integrated graphics are for low end processors, they dont include any graphics with there higher end stuff - in actual fact they dont include graphics with something like 95% of there line.

You dont need a fancy video card for video editing, even a 570 could be considered a bit overkill although depending on what SW you use it may take advantage of a video processor.

Just get a basic video card and spend the money on the cpu and storage.

Gottya.