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Budget GPU for CAD/encoding

kuro68k
By kuro68k
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My GPU is dying. It's an old 1 slot FirePro Radeon.

 

I mostly do CAD (KiCad), vector graphics (Inkscape), and video encoding for archival (quality is important). Two 4k monitors. No modern gaming.

 

Looking at an Intel ARC 380 6GB. I read that their video encoding is good quality and it should be okay for everything else. Cost around £135. Not looking to spend any more than that unless there is a very compelling reason to.

 

Any other good options?

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8 hours ago, kuro68k said:

 

Looking at an Intel ARC 380 6GB. I read that their video encoding is good quality and it should be okay for everything else. Cost around £135. Not looking to spend any more than that unless there is a very compelling reason to.

Yeah its fine, and drivers are stable enough that i would go for it. But do be noted that the stability is still far from AMD and Nvidia.

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Thanks. About the stability, I do wonder about potential issues in KiCad and Inkscape. Probably not the sort of thing that Intel are interested in fixing.

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