Graphics card upgrade

[noel86f]

Hi guys, any recommendations for a new graphics card for this?

motherboard: FC Gigabyte GA-PH67-DS3-B3 DUAL CHANNEL DDR3 DUAL BIOS PCI Express 2.0

graphics: GeForce 210 1024 Mb DDR3

processor: 3.49 Ghz Intel COre i7

TP Link card TL WN7 81N

Seagate barracuda lp 1tb

I'll be editing DSLR video and creating graphics in After Effects and not much else.
Thanks in advance.
Noel

 

[rockie_]

If you need Geforce : GTX 970 4GB , if Radeon - R9 290 4GB

 

[hanser30]

what is you budget?

 

[noel86f]

About £200. It's a work one, so I might be able to get my boss to go a little higher if it will make a significant difference.

 

[hanser30]

You can go with a Gtx 760
http://www.amazon.com/GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5-GeForce-256-bit-PCI-Express-OC-selected/dp/B00DBPKEOI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1412784323&sr=8-2&keywords=760

 

[noel86f]

Thank you very much everyone for your input. The GTX 760 comes in well under budget, so I think I'll go that direction and use the leftovers for a few extra bits. Thanks again!
Noel

 

[hanser30]

Your welcome

 

[Heinrich17]

Do you use After Effects for editing as well as visual effects? AE is not the best software to use for edits. Yes, it works, but it is rather sluggish and does not benefit from GPU acceleration. Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas are much better for editing mainly because of the tool set and workflow. GPU acceleration is much better in both as well. AE barely stresses the GPU (at least for me).

I've just upgraded from a GTX 580 (supposedly the best nVidia card for editing behind a Titan) to an R9 280x and it seems like renders are 2x faster and playback is a little smoother (I'll do actual tests by swapping GPUs on a later date). This is on Vegas 12. I have yet to test Premiere Pro and AE. I am not sure aside from Resolve how well editing software utilizes. With Resolve more GPUs = More Speed. For AE More RAM + more CPUs = More speed. Premiere Pro and Vegas are more about a balanced system. I think they are more CPU bound though and GPU may not really get stressed too much. I hit about 40% GPU load while rendering and playback.

That said, anything will be leagues better than your GF 210! Personally, I purchased my R9 280x for $225 (my opinion better than GTX 760), which adding shipping to UK should put you within budget (approx 260USD shipped?). The GTX 580 worked very well (no complaints), so I would assume that a GTX 760 should perform very well also!

I edit MILC (similar format to DSLR) footage using Vegas and Premiere Pro. I use After Effects for visual effects and motion menus.

Edit: For AE, optimally you will want 3GB of RAM per thread, so your CPU having 8 thread (assumption) would need 24GB of RAM for AE to work at it's best. If AE is your primary software and RAM is below spec, consider splitting upgrade between a little more RAM and GPU. Having below 3GB per thread of RAM may not allow you to utilize your CPU at 100% (AE is the only editing software that can consistently stress my CPU to 100% for renders).