What is a good graphic card to upgrade to?

[JamieSS]

Hello All,

This is my first post - so please excuse my ignorance!

I am looking to upgrade my computer's Graphics Card as I edit a lot of video now, what would a good one to go for be? I think the current one I have is on it's way out!

I also use Vegas 13.0 for video editing - now sure how much difference that will make to the choice...

Will be working with 4K footage soon, so perhaps that is a variable to bare in mind?

I hope that this is enough information in order to answer my question, Thank you in advance

J

 

[Darkseiders]

It would be a bit easier if we had a budget, but as I recall vegas has CUDA accelerated video processing, so you'd be better of with a NVIDIA card. The GTX 970 is a good entry card for video editing. The GTX 980 is a well liked card for editing as well.

 

[JamieSS]

It would be a bit easier if we had a budget, but as I recall vegas has CUDA accelerated video processing, so you'd be better of with a NVIDIA card. The GTX 970 is a good entry card for video editing. The GTX 980 is a well liked card for editing as well.

Thank you!

Vegas is CUDA enabled, yes!

Will a better Graphics Card help my render effects, such as grading/sharpening etc, in the real-time preview window at a better frame-rate?

Also, should I be considering upgrading my whole PC at this stage? It's about 2/3 years old now, I think!

 

[Darkseiders]

A better graphics card will decrease render times. For example, a GTX 970 (a $300 card) will take about (not precisely) twice as much time to render a video with effects then a GTX 980 Ti (a $650 card). Like I said before, the GTX 980 is generally the card of chice for rendering. Those run about $450. If you want to spend around $80o you could get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($466.39 @ B&H)
Total: $790.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You should be fine as long as you have a good quality 650w or better PSU.