VGA upgrade to GeForce GTX 750 Ti

[PerFesser]

Could s. o. pls advise me, whether the "Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti" in either the single-fan-version w/o 6pin-power (GV-N75TOC-2GL) or the dual-fan "Windforce 2X OC" variety with an additional 6pin-power-connector (GV-N75TOC2-2GI / GV-N75TWF2OC-2GI / GV-N75TWF2OC-4GI) could fit to the following setup of my rig currently running a "Nvidia GeForce GT 610". My 'MoBo' is a"Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3" with PCIe 2.0 x16 and the latest stable BIOS (v. F7 - 2012/10/22). CPU is a "AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core" (Zambezi) with 3600MHz. I've got 8GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM (2x 4096) and my PSU is a good-quality 450W Arlt (German brand) model. I run "W7 x64 SP1 Pro" and the latest "Ubuntu v. 16.04 x64" in dual-boot.
I'm not much into gaming, but I do a lot of large-scale video-conversion, vid- and image manipulation. And I assume, that a better GPU / VGA could help to cut conversion time!?!
But maybe s. o. has a different opinion / new suggestions for the upgrade / recommends (e.g.) an AMD-GPU or is plainly in doubt, whether my current setup is up to the task (the bottleneck thing).
One last point is, that I do not want to spend a fortune and I guess, that the "GeForce GTX 750 Ti" (maybe not when by EVGA) is now comparably affordable with a price-tag between 110 and 140 Euros depending on brand and version.
Would be nice to get some advice, PerFesser

 

[scuzzycard]

That sounds like a good choice for what you are doing - it will be a huge jump from GT 610. The Windforce would be better for overclocking, but not absolutely needed because the 750TI's don't generate a lot of heat.

 

[PerFesser]

That sounds like a good choice for what you are doing - it will be a huge jump from GT 610. The Windforce would be better for overclocking, but not absolutely needed because the 750TI's don't generate a lot of heat.

Thx for your reply. In the meantime I went a little bit deeper into the matter. Unfortunately it is said, that it would be rather an upgrade of the CPU, which would help to cut the video conversion times than a more powerful GPU. With the small exception, that Nvidias's CUDA could be of a little help to the CPU. That one might be an upgrade to AMD's eight-core "FX-8350", which I could run on the same board. That would set me back around 150 Euros plus maybe 20 to 40 for an aircooler (an "EKL Ben Nevis Tower Cooler" is out there for 21€ already). Then around 105 to 115 for the low profile "Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti" (GV-N75TOC-2GL). And finally I could end up needing a 550 or 600W PSU for around 50€. MoBo & RAM would be sufficent the time being. And I already have 2 Samsung 830 SSDrvs with 128GB each dedicated to W7 and Ubuntu as system-drives. But of course as well useable for the conversion jobs. Because my two 2TB "WD Green Caviar" drives run at 5400rpm only and I currently use them in backup-RAID-mode. That said, the above would leave me with expenses of close to 300€ w/o purchasing a new power supply!?!
So this got now from a question to s. th. like sharing my opinion plus the request, that anyone with a different view on the above-said or new aspects in mind (and a little time on hand) should pls share his / her thoughts with the all of us. Have a nice day, PF