does GPU memory Affect Video editing

[Elvinc]

so I'm looking to upgrade my video card on my pc that i mainly use for video editing. from the video LLT uploaded years ago about red v green for video editing it seems like just having a video card helps, but I'm wondering would there be a benefit in having more vram in a GPU for video editing? 

[LukeSavenije]

if you can keep more in faster memory, obviously it's faster

 

so yes, it does affect things, just not as bad as in cad for example

[Fasauceome]

it does matter, you should aim for both a large amount as well as high bandwidth, so a Vega 64 or 56 would be awesome.

[Electronics Wizardy]

what editor do you use?

 

What footage do you edit?

 

Normally higher res footage= you want more vram. Having more vram won't help you though if your not using it.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, fasauceome said:

it does matter, you should aim for both a large amount as well as high bandwidth, so a Vega 64 or 56 would be awesome.

or even better: a vii

[Elvinc]

11 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what editor do you use?

 

What footage do you edit?

 

Normally higher res footage= you want more vram. Having more vram won't help you though if your not using it.

so i edit in Adobe Premier, normally 4k footage from a Panasonic GH4. although i do sometimes edit long form videos using AVCHD but from my experience that normally gets bottleneck from System ram. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Elvinc said:

so i edit in Adobe Premier, normally 4k footage from a Panasonic GH4. although i do sometimes edit long form videos using AVCHD but from my experience that normally gets bottleneck from System ram. 

what gpu do you have now?

 

What is your full system specs? 

 

Premiere doesn't need that much gpu power, esp when your working with compressed footage like you are here, so a really high end gpu won't help that much.

[Elvinc]

I currently have a i7 3770k, with a GTX 1050ti 4gb, 16 gb of system ram 

[Elvinc]

im looking to upgrade cause I'm donating that gtx 1050ti to a friend

[Elvinc]

so i was looking a getting a gtx1060 6gb or 3gb, that way i say in a sub $150 budget

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Elvinc said:

so i was looking a getting a gtx1060 6gb or 3gb, that way i say in a sub $150 budget

both of those or a rx 570/580 will be fine, but performance probably wont' change at all, your probably mostly all cpu limited and ram or disk limited here.

[Elvinc]

hmmm, i hadn't considered going to AMD, sounds good though, thank you