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Best GTX 970 for Video Editing

Hi All,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my GPU from the pitiful GT220 currently occupying the single PCIe 2.0 16x slot on my mobo (MSI Indio).

 

I do a lot of video editing and feel an upgraded GPU would improve the speed of my workflow. So, I have a couple of questions that I hope any tech savvy video editors out there may be able/willing to answer.

 

Due to the minimal amount of space available in the case I'm using (an upgraded HP p6235uk) the best card I can find that will fit is a GTX 970.

 

So, my question is, how do the Base & Boost Clock speeds on the cards available from different manufacturers affect things like render performance and playback response? Does a higher clock speed overall mean better performance?

 

Thanks,

 

Lloyd

CURRENT - Dell XPS 15 9550

 

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Hey,

I would pick the MSI 4G Gaming one. Quiet and small formfaktor plus zero fan modus at idle!

 

 

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A higher clockspeed will affect performance but not that much, go for what fits your case, is affordable and looks decent/cools decent.

How much clearance do you have?

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Methinks the CPU and RAM are much more important to rendering than the GPU and the difference along the manufacturers won't make a vast difference.  Get the one you like the best.

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The Galax HOF and MSI are quiet and overclock well, especially the Hall of Fame 970.

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2 minutes ago, ThatOneRussian said:

Wow that sarcasm :D

No rlly i think the 970 is better but thats personal prefs

|| CPU: I7 6950X @4.6 (1.35V) || Cooler: CUSTOM EK LOOP || Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EDITION 10

|| GPU: 2x Vega 64 Strix OC @1762 / 1100 MHz || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Royal RGB 3200 Mhz ||

HDD: Segate Barracuda 3TB || SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 512 GB || PSU: Corsair HX 1200 W || Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Gunmetal || Fans: Corsair HD120 (x4) / BeQuiet Silent Wings 3 (x4) || Monitor: ACER XF27HU ||

Second Monitor: BENQ RL2455HM || Mouse: Logitech G502 Pretus Core || Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum || Headphones: Sennheiser IE80 ||

 

                                                                                                          Buildlog expirience swapping to x99: 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, joshuawi99 said:

Wow that sarcasm :D

No rlly i think the 970 is better but thats personal prefs

Unless you need the personal prefs just get a 390 although things like shadow play are really useful on the nVidia side. 

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1 minute ago, ThatOneRussian said:

Unless you need the personal prefs just get a 390 although things like shadow play are really useful on the nVidia side. 

And sli 970 scale better inmyop

|| CPU: I7 6950X @4.6 (1.35V) || Cooler: CUSTOM EK LOOP || Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE V EDITION 10

|| GPU: 2x Vega 64 Strix OC @1762 / 1100 MHz || Memory: 16GB G.Skill Royal RGB 3200 Mhz ||

HDD: Segate Barracuda 3TB || SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 512 GB || PSU: Corsair HX 1200 W || Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Gunmetal || Fans: Corsair HD120 (x4) / BeQuiet Silent Wings 3 (x4) || Monitor: ACER XF27HU ||

Second Monitor: BENQ RL2455HM || Mouse: Logitech G502 Pretus Core || Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum || Headphones: Sennheiser IE80 ||

 

                                                                                                          Buildlog expirience swapping to x99: 

 

 

 

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Umm, well 

 

but your choice

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3 minutes ago, ThatOneRussian said:

Unless you need the personal prefs just get a 390 although things like shadow play are really useful on the nVidia side. 

 

1 minute ago, joshuawi99 said:

And sli 970 scale better inmyop

 

I need to stick with the GTX 970 because Adobe doesn't play nice with AMD.

CURRENT - Dell XPS 15 9550

 

DECEASED - CPU - Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz || Motherboard - MSI 7613 Ver. 1.0 || RAM - 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1333MHz || Graphics card - MSI GT 220 || Storage - 1x240GB SanDisk SSD Plus (Windows 7 SP1), 1x 960GB SanDisk Ultra II (Premiere/After Effects Projects, 1x 640GB WD Caviar Blue (Data Drive), 2x 4TB Seagate External USB 3.0 HDD

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