Mid-Range GPU for Adobe Premiere Pro

[Jamie_Milk]

My GeForce TITAN Black just died on me and i am currently in the market for a mid-range GPU for Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and mostly Premiere Pro, 4k editing, minor graphics using AE. Doing lots of color grading and a run through of effects creating glitches and such. 

Can anyone recommend a GPU that would provide me a smooth and efficient workflow using Adobe software.  

 

Thank you,

 

My current build is:

Intel Core I7-5960X 3.50GHZ ASUS ASUS X99-E WS LGA2011 Corsair Professional Series HX1050

 

 

 

[bellabichon]

Two quick questions for you:

 

1. Do you need RTX cores to render ray traced content?

2. What budget range are you looking at? 

 

If you have a limited budget, a GTX 1660ti should do you just fine for most content-creation workloads, but if you have a bit more cash on hand, an RTX card will give you the edge in performance plus some future-proofing headroom. 

[Jamie_Milk]

1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

Two quick questions for you:

 

1. Do you need RTX cores to render ray traced content?

2. What budget range are you looking at? 

 

If you have a limited budget, a GTX 1660ti should do you just fine for most content-creation workloads, but if you have a bit more cash on hand, an RTX card will give you the edge in performance plus some future-proofing headroom. 

I have about $500 - $800 dollars to work with. 

Yeah there will be some ray tracing but not a whole lot. Only when i play Red Dead Redemption 2 in off time... does that count? lol

[SavageNeo]

for that budget you can get rtx 2080 super which is not mif range gpu, it is high end

[bellabichon]

12 minutes ago, Jamie_Milk said:

I have about $500 - $800 dollars to work with. 

Yeah there will be some ray tracing but not a whole lot. Only when i play Red Dead Redemption 2 in off time... does that count? lol

Alright, sounds like an RTX card will best fit your needs. I'd say your decision is between the RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super. Both should work just fine, but the 2070 will give you the edge in rendering performance, and gaming. 

 

Quick sidenote: because of COVID-19, most PC components are drastically inflated in price at the moment. That doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't buy, but I would be a bit more careful with your price comparisons right now. PCPartPicker has a fantastic tool to track the prices of hardware overtime, so you can make sure you're not being overcharged. Just click on the GPU you want to price check, and scroll down to the graph at the bottom.

 

Good luck, and let me know if you have any more questions!

[bellabichon]

Just now, SavageNeo said:

for that budget you can get rtx 2080 super which is not mif range gpu, it is high end

Considering his location is Vancouver, I'm assuming thats $500-$800 CAD, not USD. An RTX 2080 Super goes for $900-$1000+ CAD right now, so I'm not sure if that's an option for OP.

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

Considering his location is Vancouver, I'm assuming thats $500-$800 CAD, not USD. An RTX 2080 Super goes for $900-$1000+ CAD right now, so I'm not sure if that's an option for OP.

oh yeah. well rtx 2070 super could be at that price. i dont consider it mid range, it consider it high(ish) end

[Jamie_Milk]

2 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Alright, sounds like an RTX card will best fit your needs.

Thanks for taking the time to respond and give me caution in regards to purchasing at the moment due the current climate.

I was wondering - which brand for RTX should i go with ?? Asus, Msi, GigByte....  or is there one i should stay away from?

[Jamie_Milk]

4 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

I'm not sure if that's an option for OP.

i could bump up to that if i really needed to... 

[Jamie_Milk]

3 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

. i dont consider it mid range, it consider it high(ish) end

That price thou i agree... its up there.  lol

[Jamie_Milk]

would the Asus ROG Strix RTX2070 Super Advance be a good option? 

[bellabichon]

1 minute ago, Jamie_Milk said:

i could bump up to that if i really needed to... 

I don't think you really need to. Because video editing isn't a ridiculously GPU-heavy workload (other than rendering in RTX, etc), you should be fine with a 2060 Super/2070 Super. 

 

15 minutes ago, Jamie_Milk said:

I was wondering - which brand for RTX should i go with ?? Asus, Msi, GigByte....  or is there one i should stay away from?

As for GPU brands, there aren't really any objectively  terrible ones. EVGA probably has the best reputation within the PC community, but the main things you're gonna want to look at are Core/Boost clocks (higher is better), price (obviously) and cooling solution. Although all GPU companies get their PCBs from Nvidia, they tune the cards themselves, and design their own coolers. Feel free to shop around and compare, read reviews, etc. A GTX 2060 Super from EVGA and a GTX 2060 Super from MSI aren't going to have much difference in performance, but you should still try to get your money's worth.

[bellabichon]

15 minutes ago, Jamie_Milk said:

would the Asus ROG Strix RTX2070 Super Advance be a good option?

That specific model does look like it's a bit on the pricy side for an RTX 2070 Super, but it seems to have good reviews, good clock speeds, and I definitely like the look of the triple-fan cooling solution. If you're willing to drop the extra cash, that looks like a great option to me.

[Jamie_Milk]

Thank's again for taking the time to explain. I feel more at ease and able to make my choice. 

[Jamie_Milk]

On 5/27/2020 at 12:37 AM, bellabichon said:

that looks like a great option to me.

Hey Bellabichon, im back again... 

i was wondering what do you think of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Super ARMOR OC 8GB GDDR6 ? 

i had a long talk with my editor and he said that he won't be doing any 3D animations or heavy 6k/ RAW or RED Files. Mostly just Lightroom, PS, Adobe PP editing 4K. You think this card should be sufficient?  

 

[bellabichon]

11 hours ago, Jamie_Milk said:

Hey Bellabichon, im back again... 

i was wondering what do you think of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Super ARMOR OC 8GB GDDR6 ? 

i had a long talk with my editor and he said that he won't be doing any 3D animations or heavy 6k/ RAW or RED Files. Mostly just Lightroom, PS, Adobe PP editing 4K. You think this card should be sufficient?  

 

That GPU should be sufficient for that workflow. The hardest-hitting task on your GPU will be 3D rendering, so if that's not in the picture, you can easily step down to the 2060 Super. The only noticeable difference will be your encoding times in Premiere Pro (GPU acceleration makes a big difference in video encoding), but if you can wait a few extra minutes when you're rendering video, I don't expect that you'll encounter issues. 

[Jamie_Milk]

16 hours ago, bellabichon said:

if you can wait a few extra minutes when you're rendering video, I don't expect that you'll encounter issues. 

Thanks again - much appreciated bellabichon.