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Video Editing Card Please.

humax

humax

humax

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Hi Guys

Well after about 3 years of loyal service my MSI HD 6850 1024MB is dead :( So can anyone please recommend me a new card for my PC i don't play games so i don't need anything to flash but i do a lot of Video Editing so i would be looking for a card more for that than anything else. I don't want to break the bank on this new card because as i say I'm not a gamer.

Thanks Guys.

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Amd seem have the best support when it comes to video editing software. Program like Sony Vegas and after effects support Amd encoding.

The question is your budget.
 
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Thanks for tha,t as for budget I'm not looking to spend a lot as money is tight at the moment,just looking for something that will get the job done and be better than my last card. I did read somewhere that the Radeon R7 370 cards were good But i have been out of the loop for a while and i don't really know how good they are
 
humax said:
Thanks for tha,t as for budget I'm not looking to spend a lot as money is tight at the moment,just looking for something that will get the job done and be better than my last card. I did read somewhere that the Radeon R7 370 cards were good But i have been out of the loop for a while and i don't really know how good they are
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380/x would be sweet but in saying that am just not sure how much a difference they is between 370 and 380/x when it comes to video editing performance.
 
Lol its never easy is it. I think there is about £30 between the two cards. But as you say how much difference when it comes to video editing i just don't know.
 
humax said:
PowerDirector14 and Hitfilm4. and from time to time Windows Movie Maker :D
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PowerDirector uses OpenCL AMD performance will be better here. Hitfilm using OpenGL Nvidia performance is better here.

PowerDirector14 min spec
Graphics Card
128 MB VGA VRAM or higher (1 GB or higher VRAM and OpenCL capable are recommended)
NVIDIA:
GeForce 8500GT/9800GT and above
GeForce GT/GTS/GTX 200/400/500/600/700/800/900 Series
PLEASE NOTE: For users of NVIDIA cards using pre-Kepler architecture who have updated to graphics driver 340.43 or later, the CUDA video hardware video encoder feature in PowerDirector is no longer available. To re-enable hardware acceleration, please download and install an earlier driver.
AMD / ATI :
AMD APU Family with AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics: A-Series, E2-Series, C-Series, E-Series, G-Series
AMD Radeon™ Graphics: R9 Series, R7 Series, R5 Series,HD 7000 Series, HD 6000 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD Graphics: 5900 Series, 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5500 Series, 5400 Series
ATI FirePro™ Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD: 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5400 Series
ATI Mobility FirePro™: M7820, M5800

Hitfilm4 min spec

OpenGL 2.0 capable hardware with at least 512 MB video memory (NVIDIA GeForce 9 series, Radeon HD 5000 series, Intel HD 4000
 
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humax said:
Thanks for finding and posting that. That has give me a lot to think about. Even the GeForce GTX 950 comes in at a good price

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-216-ok.html

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You should stick with AMD they have much higher compute performance for their price.

The 950 = 1.57 TFlops: £120

R9 270 = 2.36 TFlops: £115 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...hics-card-axr7-370-2gbd5-ppdhe-gx-180-pc.html

R9 380 = 3.48 TFlops: £140 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-368-as.html

The best card is the 380
 
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humbug said:
You should stick with AMD they have much higher compute performance for their price.

The 950 = 1.57 TFlops: £120

R9 270 = 2.36 TFlops: £115 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...hics-card-axr7-370-2gbd5-ppdhe-gx-180-pc.html

R9 380 = 3.48 TFlops: £140 https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-368-as.html

The best card is the 380
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Thanks for that. Do you think its worth paying a little more for this one

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ics-card-gv-r938xg1-gaming-4gd-gx-181-gi.html




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If you're not gaming, then your priorities should be less influenced by raw performance and more by finding a GPU that runs cool and quiet, doesn't draw too much power and of course is capable of driving your monitor set up (so it depends if you're working with 4k or not).

This guide on building a PC for video editing might be worth a read.
 
Isn't the new Polaris architecture much better with Video handling? if it is it might be worth waiting to see the prices of the 460/470.
 
humax said:
Thanks for the link harney will have a read



:)
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Np

That is for CUDA based cards nvidia and running the mercury engine on them with the Adobe stuff

you do not have to spend a lot really on the card 2nd hand will get you a great card too with good bandwidth and good amount of cores

you can even pick up cheap copy of adobe suite 5.5 or 6 *** No hinting at Piracy - Armageus ***
 
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