Which Nvidia Card to get for editing?

[Andrew DeLong]

I am looking at at least a 3GB card, but preferably a 4GB or 6GB. I suppose the big question is, should I go Quadro or GTX? Keep in mind, the Lion's share of the work I plan on doing will be in Premiere Pro CS6/CC and After Effects with only MINOR 3DS Max work.

Any suggestions or testimonies would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CraigN]

You can get a lot of performance close to a Quadro card for a lot cheaper with a TITAN.

However, I would recommend the 3GB 780/780Ti or 6GB Titan over any of the 760 or 770 with 4 GB variants. The 384-bit memory bus on those cards will be better suited to using the larger memory size than the 256-bit one on the 760 and 770 cards will.

I'm sure someone could also chime in on the benefits of the R9 290 with its 512-bit memory interface, but I'm not intimately familiar enough with AMD graphics to make a recommendation there.

 

[Andrew DeLong]

I'm sure someone could also chime in on the benefits of the R9 290 with its 512-bit memory interface, but I'm not intimately familiar enough with AMD graphics to make a recommendation there.

I've noticed that Adobe is beginning to show more support for the OpenCL on AMD cards. Given their inherently cheaper nature, would there be any real MPE-based advantage with OpenCL that CUDA does not offer, or would they be about equal in terms of hardware acceleration in a program like Premiere Pro?

I only ask because, to date, I've only bought Nvidia-based systems built around the use of Premiere and After Effects. If I could save some money by going with AMD, I would be more than happy to make the switch.

 

[CraigN]

Check out Tom's article on best cards for your money in January. Since the prices have hiked on AMD cards at higher than $300 MSRP, Nvidia cards are the slightly better deal right now. Then again, like I said, not entirely familiar with the AMD benefits to give a real recommendation. I don't know if Adobe supports OpenCL better than CUDA, but I do know that in the upper price bracket, AMD is not "cheaper" by any means anymore, at least not like they were around the holidays.