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I'm going to be editing a few student movies over the course of this year and I need a good graphics card that will work with 1080p content natively. I'm currently leaning towards AMD, unless someone can prove me otherwise. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Budget?

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In terms of gaming grade cards, a 290X is a beast video editing card and so is anything above it, like a 390 or 390X.

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the best card you can afford, that works with your specfific software (some software prefers AMD, others prefer nvidia)

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I'm going to be editing a few student movies over the course of this year and I need a good graphics card that will work with 1080p content natively. I'm currently leaning towards AMD, unless someone can prove me otherwise. Any suggestions? Thanks!

QUADRO K2200

or a 980 ti

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I thought Video Editing is a more of a CPU Intensive application instead of GPU Intensive? Unless you do 3D which requires you to render "something that didn't exist before".. If you know what I'm saying.

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the best card you can afford, that works with your specfific software (some software prefers AMD, others prefer nvidia)

I'm using Premiere Pro CS6.

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I thought Video Editing is a more of a CPU Intensive application instead of GPU Intensive? Unless you do 3D which requires you to render "something that didn't exist before".. If you know what I'm saying.

Doing some 3D rigging, colour correction, chroma keying, and green screening.

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An AMD R9 290 or GTX 780 will work wonders for you. They're both Adobe-certified cards. If you have the extra money, an Nvidia Tesla K10 is great as well.

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Doing some 3D rigging, colour correction, chroma keying, and green screening.

With that budget and use-case, I'd recommend the Quadro K4200. 

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With that budget and use-case, I'd recommend the Quadro K4200. 

yep..or the slighty lower one

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With that budget and use-case, I'd recommend the Quadro K4200.

However, I'm only going to be doing A LITTLE bit of 3D rigging. I think maybe a 970 or R9 390 would be enough.

Just want to clarify that the budget I stated earlier was for my ENTIRE rig.

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However, I'm only going to be doing A LITTLE bit of 3D rigging. I think maybe a 970 or R9 390 would be enough.

Just want to clarify that the budget I stated earlier was for my ENTIRE rig.

980 or a 2200

most 3d programs favor nvidia

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However, I'm only going to be doing A LITTLE bit of 3D rigging. I think maybe a 970 or R9 390 would be enough.

Just want to clarify that the budget I stated earlier was for my ENTIRE rig.

The Maxwell line of cards are not supported by the Adobe suite. 

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I think I'll go with a 970. Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

EDIT: Nope.

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The Maxwell line of cards are not supported by the Adobe suite.

Can you send me a link to a list of Adobe supported cards?

EDIT: Never mind, I found it.

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Can you send me a link to a list of Adobe supported cards?

Encoding cannot be done by the GPU, unless you're encoding using specific codecs. Linus actually mentioned this in one of his latest videos regarding their new workflow. Adobe's "supported" cards list is outdated, as it lists the supported cards for their in-house ray-traced 3D engine, which is now a dropped project, in favor of C4D integration.

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Encoding cannot be done by the GPU, unless you're encoding using specific codecs. Linus actually mentioned this in one of his latest videos regarding their new workflow. Adobe's "supported" cards list is outdated, as it lists the supported cards for their in-house ray-traced 3D engine, which is now a dropped project, in favor of C4D integration.

Oh ok, I'm actually going to be using C4D.

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If you're editing, I'd stick to AMD, who kept the pro features on the gaming level cards.

I'd go with a 390 W/ 8 gigs of VRAM, personally.

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Oh ok, I'm actually going to be using C4D.

According to Maxon's website:

Generally speaking, CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D support all OpenGL 3.2-capable graphics cards.

So you should be okay with the highest-end GPU you can afford. I would still recommend a dedicated workstation GPU, like a FirePro or Quadro.

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If you're editing, I'd stick to AMD, who kept the pro features on the gaming level cards.

I'd go with a 390 W/ 8 gigs of VRAM, personally.

Yeah, I'm starting to lean towards the 390.

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According to Maxon's website:

So you should be okay with the highest-end GPU you can afford. I would still recommend a dedicated workstation GPU, like a FirePro or Quadro.

I'm also going to be using it for some gaming as well so I think I'll go with the 390.

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According to Maxon's website:

So you should be okay with the highest-end GPU you can afford. I would still recommend a dedicated workstation GPU, like a FirePro or Quadro.

I really dont see much point in going Firepro anymore, as the GCN desktop parts have all the features anyway.

It used to be MOAR RAM MOAR DISPLAYPORT SPEESSAL DRIVARS

but now, not so much...

 

390 8GB, or even 2, is where editing is at right now.

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