I am spec'ing a desktop for work. The primary function - aside from typical office work - will be editing and rendering photos and video up to and including 4k. I will be using Lightroom, Photoshop, and Premiere. There will be no gaming.
While it wouldn't be my first choice, they currently want to stick with a Dell workstation for consistency reasons, which is understandable based on other factors.
The best processor available for this workstation while keeping the computer within budget is the i9-10980XE, which appears to be a monster according to overall benchmarks.
So my question is: would I even need to spend the extra on a separate video card in this case?
My current home computer has an 8700K and 1080 Ti because I game a bit but I have had zero issues with these editing/rendering tasks when working from home. That said, I don't know how involved the 1080 is getting during those tasks.
My understanding is that a higher end modern processor should handle these particular tasks pretty well on its own if all other components are up to snuff (enough memory, fast HD, etc.), but I don't know if that's accurate.
To give even more info, the highest level single video card that can be added to this build within budget would be an RTX 4000 8GB. The RTX 5000 16GB could potentially happen if the cost:reward ratio was high enough but that's a huge jump in price. Or I could possibly downgrade the processor a little bit as a partial trade-off so the video card upgrade isn't so huge.
Thanks for any advice or input.
While it wouldn't be my first choice, they currently want to stick with a Dell workstation for consistency reasons, which is understandable based on other factors.
The best processor available for this workstation while keeping the computer within budget is the i9-10980XE, which appears to be a monster according to overall benchmarks.
So my question is: would I even need to spend the extra on a separate video card in this case?
My current home computer has an 8700K and 1080 Ti because I game a bit but I have had zero issues with these editing/rendering tasks when working from home. That said, I don't know how involved the 1080 is getting during those tasks.
My understanding is that a higher end modern processor should handle these particular tasks pretty well on its own if all other components are up to snuff (enough memory, fast HD, etc.), but I don't know if that's accurate.
To give even more info, the highest level single video card that can be added to this build within budget would be an RTX 4000 8GB. The RTX 5000 16GB could potentially happen if the cost:reward ratio was high enough but that's a huge jump in price. Or I could possibly downgrade the processor a little bit as a partial trade-off so the video card upgrade isn't so huge.
Thanks for any advice or input.