RX5500 XT 8GB or GTX 1660 Super 6GB?

[anonuk]

Just finalising my spec for my new video editing pc and struggling to decide between the AMD RX5500 XT which comes with 8GB ram or the NVidia GTX 1660 Super which is 6GB.

While I know that GPU memory is important when rendering video, I’ve only ever seen problems with really low end graphics cards with 2GB etc so not sure if 6GB vs 8GB is enough to decide.

The rest of the pc will be 3800x, Auros Elite X570, 32GB 3600MHz ram.

Any opinions would be super helpful.

 

[C64]

cheapest rx 580 8gb or rx 570 8gb would be a better buy right now
the 1660 super is probably going to fall in price now the 5600xt is £240 ish
If were me i'd get the cheapest rx 580 8gb £140 ish or less I think the rtx 2060 is where you'll see much faster rendering

 

[anonuk]

cheapest rx 580 8gb or rx 570 8gb would be a better buy right now
the 1660 super is probably going to fall in price now the 5600xt is £240 ish
If were me i'd get the cheapest rx 580 8gb £140 ish or less I think the rtx 2060 is where you'll see much faster rendering

Interesting. I’ve only seen one model of 5600xt at £248 and that too had 6GB memory. The rest of the 5600xt’s are a fair bit more.

Have looked at benchmarks for the rx580 vs the 1660 super and the 1660 seems to be quite a bit better.

I’ve actually seen the 6GB 1660 super for £219 so wondering whether to just go for it and upgrade later if it becomes an issue.

I was really hoping to wait til September for the whole build but hoping the new Ryzen cpus coming in September aren’t so much better that I regret building now.

 

[C64]

Interesting. I’ve only seen one model of 5600xt at £248 and that too had 6GB memory. The rest of the 5600xt’s are a fair bit more.

Have looked at benchmarks for the rx580 vs the 1660 super and the 1660 seems to be quite a bit better.

I’ve actually seen the 6GB 1660 super for £219 so wondering whether to just go for it and upgrade later if it becomes an issue.

I was really hoping to wait til September for the whole build but hoping the new Ryzen cpus coming in September aren’t so much better that I regret building now.

not worth it when you can get a 5600xt for £248 it's faster than the 1660 super but neither are worth it over an rx 580, an overclocked rx 580 almost matches something like a 1660 super
all 5600xt and 1660 super are 6gb the rtx 2070 is 8gb

 

[Tetras]

Is this PC primarily being used for this purpose, like do you not actually care about gaming?

If so, I'd check carefully what you need and how the GPU is actually used, for the specific software (and version of the software) you're using.

Nvidia cards tend to be preferable for workstations and the 1660 Super is a higher tier to the 5500 XT (both the 4GB and 8GB models are overpriced), but RAM usage is dependent on the resolution.

Can't see a date on this article, but it seems fairly recent:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomm...obe-Premiere-Pro-143/Hardware-Recommendations

 

[anonuk]

Is this PC primarily being used for this purpose, like do you not actually care about gaming?

If so, I'd check carefully what you need and how the GPU is actually used, for the specific software (and version of the software) you're using.

Nvidia cards tend to be preferable for workstations and the 1660 Super is a higher tier to the 5500 XT (both the 4GB and 8GB models are overpriced), but RAM usage is dependent on the resolution.

Can't see a date on this article, but it seems fairly recent:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomm...obe-Premiere-Pro-143/Hardware-Recommendations

The pc will 100% be used for video/audio/graphic work using primarily Adobe software which I understand prefers nvidia. I’m not into gaming (don’t have time for it) so the pc will likely never see a game in its lifetime.

I’ll be doing mostly 1080p to start with but my camera gear is 4K so will likely progress to 4K in the near future. The article you posted suggests 6GB is minimum for 4K so hoping the ‘minimum’ won’t prove to be too much of an issue.

Surprised to see on that article as well that the 3800x performs quite a bit lower than the 10700k.

 

[Tetras]

In that case, I'd definitely check carefully what you need. They mention that if you're only using a few (or no) GPU accelerated effects then there's next to no difference between the high-end and mid-range.

You might also be interested in watching this, though I don't know if the workstation performance applies to Adobe software too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFRBnJdx3Y

With the CPU, if you look at the full article they link to, the difference is not significant, they're running the AMD CPUs with memory slower than their stock memory frequency (2933 instead of 3200) and the AMD platform gives you access to 16 core CPUs and their next generation.

My concern with paying too much attention to these kind of tests for workstation use is that driver or software updates (and especially so with annual updates) can easily overturn small differences in performance and if they optimise for new hardware it can change the balance of performance, e.g. from single-thread to multi-thread or CPU to GPU, or believe it or not in the opposite direction. So, I'd just make sure your general performance is in right ballpark, relative to your budget.