Upgrading GTX 560, $250-350 budget, video-editing purposes.

[syoon12]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week or next
BUDGET RANGE: USD $250-350 Before Rebates

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Adobe Creative Cloud - primarily video editing with Premiere Pro CC and After Effects CC. Home theater/watching movies, Gaming (CS:GO, First-person shooters)

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: EVGA Superclocked 2GB Fermi GTX 560 and Corsair 500W Certified Active PFC 80 Plus Bronze

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
CPU: Intel Core i5 - 3570K
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Motherboard: ASROck Z77 Extreme 4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Mobo
RAM: G. Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600
SSD: Kingston 3K HYPERX 120GB
SSD2: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
HDD: WD Black 1TB
HDD2: Toshiba 5TB
Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid-Tower
Optical: Asus 24X DVD Burner

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: No big preference, Newegg, Amazon, Tigerdirect. I am based in the U.S.

PARTS PREFERENCES: Interested in NVIDIA. Particularly GTX 970 vs. 980.

OVERCLOCKING: Yes / Maybe
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200 and 1920x1080.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

I'm particularly interested in the GTX 970 vs. 980. Not sure if it's worth the extra $200 to go for the 980. Like I mentioned above, I primarily use my computer to edit in Premiere Pro, After Effects CC. Looking to increase my rendering times with an upgraded GPU. Haven't upgraded any of my parts since I first build the computer in late 2012. I added the Samsung 850 and Toshiba 5TB earlier this year and that's it. I know I would need to upgrade my power supply to 750W to go with the upgraded GPU.

I asked my friend who helped me build my computer in the beginning and he said there doesn't seem to be an immediate need to upgrade my CPU or Mobo. Any thoughts on that?

Thank you for taking the time to read this and for any help!

 

[ThatGuyTyping]

Seems you got most of what you need to know, the 980 is great card you can't go wrong getting it. If you eventually plan on moving up to a 1440p display you'll be happy you got it. However if you plan to stick with 1080p for quite a while the 970 won't disappoint.

 

[syoon12]

Seems you got most of what you need to know, the 980 is great card you can't go wrong getting it. If you eventually plan on moving up to a 1440p display you'll be happy you got it. However if you plan to stick with 1080p for quite a while the 970 won't disappoint.

Thanks for your reply!

 

[Filmman3000]

I would suggest the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming.. Really solid card that will cover all those bases. I had one for most of this year and was editing Red R3d footage in 5 and 6k in Premiere CC. I loved the card but now I'm doing dual 980ti's because I'm also a Gamer and 4k gaming is amazing on a 65" TV.

 

[syoon12]

I would suggest the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming.. Really solid card that will cover all those bases. I had one for most of this year and was editing Red R3d footage in 5 and 6k in Premiere CC. I loved the card but now I'm doing dual 980ti's because I'm also a Gamer and 4k gaming is amazing on a 65" TV.

Thanks for your response! I went ahead and ordered the GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 last week. Just installed it yesterday. Very excited to test it out in Premiere CC.

 

[Filmman3000]

I would suggest the Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming.. Really solid card that will cover all those bases. I had one for most of this year and was editing Red R3d footage in 5 and 6k in Premiere CC. I loved the card but now I'm doing dual 980ti's because I'm also a Gamer and 4k gaming is amazing on a 65" TV.

Thanks for your response! I went ahead and ordered the GTX 970 FTW Gaming ACX 2.0 last week. Just installed it yesterday. Very excited to test it out in Premiere CC.

Awesome! Make sure to enable Cuda support. Download MSI afterburner so you can monitor its utilization so you know when its working and when its idle. It's a great way to see where your bottlenecks are.

 

[okcnaline]

Wait... You shouldn't have listened to these guys. GTX 970 won't be getting certified CUDA acceleration anytime soon.
GTX 770 can be modded into a K5000, which would destroy the GTX 970 in video editing because it gets CUDA acceleration, and you also get real-time render.