Video Editing Card?

[wizkid32]

I don't usually post on the forums, aside from the odd question now and again, but one has come up which no one seems to have answered yet.

 

I'm a gamer who also does a bit of content creation, and I'm wondering which graphics card I should buy for my new custom build.  I've already built the system, and I'll list the parts below, but I'm still struggling between two graphics cards: the GTX 750 Ti and R9 270.  Right now they are about the same price, and I know that the 270 is a good bit more powerful.  However, pretty much every video editor out there will work with CUDA whereas the OpenCL support (which I've heard the 270 excels at) is much more scarce.  I typically use Corel Videostudio (claims CUDA support but seems to be broken except with a select few old cards), Sony Movie Studio 12, and Hitfilm 2.  Planning to use Adobe Premiere soon (at least for the trial, I hate the subscription pay model), which I know supports both roughly equally.

 

My PC specs are:

 

AMD FX-8320 (Water cooled and overclocked to 8350 specifications)

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (Rev. 4) Motherboard

Patriot 240 GB SSD

1 TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive

8 GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz memory

Sentey 725 watt PSU

EVGA GT 630 that I had lying around (hence the need for a replacement)

 

Any thoughts?

[lx_srs]

I don't usually post on the forums, aside from the odd question now and again, but one has come up which no one seems to have answered yet.

 

I'm a gamer who also does a bit of content creation, and I'm wondering which graphics card I should buy for my new custom build.  I've already built the system, and I'll list the parts below, but I'm still struggling between two graphics cards: the GTX 750 Ti and R9 270.  Right now they are about the same price, and I know that the 270 is a good bit more powerful.  However, pretty much every video editor out there will work with CUDA whereas the OpenCL support (which I've heard the 270 excels at) is much more scarce.  I typically use Corel Videostudio (claims CUDA support but seems to be broken except with a select few old cards), Sony Movie Studio 12, and Hitfilm 2.  Planning to use Adobe Premiere soon (at least for the trial, I hate the subscription pay model), which I know supports both roughly equally.

 

My PC specs are:

 

AMD FX-8320 (Water cooled and overclocked to 8350 specifications)

Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (Rev. 4) Motherboard

Patriot 240 GB SSD

1 TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive

8 GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz memory

Sentey 725 watt PSU

EVGA GT 630 that I had lying around (hence the need for a replacement)

 

Any thoughts?

are you using this exclusively for content creation?

[wizkid32]

are you using this exclusively for content creation?

 

No.  Some content creation, but more gaming.  That's why I like the R9 270.  Better performance in games.

[Createinator]

R9 270/ X will work like a charm... 750Ti does not even compare.

[i_build_nanosuits]

i would look for a gtx670,  gtx680 or gtx 770  on the used market there are so much people getting rid of those for a gtx970 its crazy atm.

[lx_srs]

No.  Some content creation, but more gaming.  That's why I like the R9 270.  Better performance in games.

R9 270 or 270X then.  OpenCL is amazing on AMD cards.

[wizkid32]

Thanks you all for your help.  I was favoring the R9 270, and you guys helped my finalize my decision.