GPU for After Effects and other Adobe software

[Frikken]

Hello there, this question has probably been asked a lot, but I can't find the search function anywhere.

I'm working to further my graphic design skills, and am currently using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Edge Animate, and Muse. At the moment, I am running a single 760 in my system, which has done well so far for gaming, but I am looking to upgrade for further performance in Adobe software. I cannot afford a Quadro anytime soon, so that's out of the question for now. However, if need be, I can go for a 900 series card, or SLI my current one. Therein lies my issue though. I'm not sure if upgrading in their gaming series cards would provide any significant performance benefits over my current GPU. Will going for, say, a 980 significantly improve performance and make things faster in terms of adding effects, using generators, and rendering? If not, I will probably just stick with my current GPU until I can afford a Quadro (which may take about a year or so). If so, what should I upgrade to?

[Gofspar]

Hello there, this question has probably been asked a lot, but I can't find the search function anywhere.

I'm working to further my graphic design skills, and am currently using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Edge Animate, and Muse. At the moment, I am running a single 760 in my system, which has done well so far for gaming, but I am looking to upgrade for further performance in Adobe software. I cannot afford a Quadro anytime soon, so that's out of the question for now. However, if need be, I can go for a 900 series card, or SLI my current one. Therein lies my issue though. I'm not sure if upgrading in their gaming series cards would provide any significant performance benefits over my current GPU. Will going for, say, a 980 significantly improve performance and make things faster in terms of adding effects, using generators, and rendering? If not, I will probably just stick with my current GPU until I can afford a Quadro (which may take about a year or so). If so, what should I upgrade to?

do you game at all?

[TheKDub]

970.

 

For gaming it will be quite a bit of an improvement and should provide plenty extra power for AE, PS, etc..

 

Though of course a quadro would be better for that stuff.

[soaringchicken]

If you can afford a 980? What about you go for a lower end quadro? Otherwise the 980 would be great

[Frikken]

do you game at all?

Yes, I game frequently in my off time (demanding games as well)

 

If you can afford a 980? What about you go for a lower end quadro? Otherwise the 980 would be great

Are there any low-end Quadros that will give good performance for both graphic design and gaming that match the price of a 980?

[soaringchicken]

Yes, I game frequently in my off time (demanding games as well)

 

Are there any low-end Quadros that will give good performance for both graphic design and gaming that match the price of a 980?

Actually if you do a bit of gaming the 980 sounds like the best option

[han_han08]

Yes, I game frequently in my off time (demanding games as well)

 

Are there any low-end Quadros that will give good performance for both graphic design and gaming that match the price of a 980?

does adding a low-end quadro and retaining the 760 work?

 

im using engineering softwares as well, i thought these programs needed better CPU's, but it seems gpus are a solution as well. is that right?

[Gofspar]

Yes, I game frequently in my off time (demanding games as well)

 

Are there any low-end Quadros that will give good performance for both graphic design and gaming that match the price of a 980?

Quadro for gaming wont work very well, just nab 2 970's.

[Guest]

I would avoid Quatros at your price point. You only really see the advantages to Quatros in the really high end stuff. However, if you uses Davinci Resolve at all, this is a different story because the Quadros can give you 10 bit color. Also avoid SLI. Most of the Adobe software can't use more than one GPU. After Effects can, but it scales poorly. Getting 2 cards will help with your gaming, but will be pretty much worthless in anything else. The 900 series cards are great. I would go with a single 980 if you can afford it. That, or get a 970 and then buy as much RAM as possible. I use After Effects every day and I have a 780, and the largest bottleneck for rendering is the fact that I have only 32 GB of RAM.

[Frikken]

Quadro for gaming wont work very well, just nab 2 970's.

Will the SLI scale for Adobe programs? I have no doubt that it's great for gaming, but the main focus will be using these programs until I can afford a proper workstation. woops

I would avoid Quatros at your price point. You only really see the advantages to Quatros in the really high end stuff. However, if you uses Davinci Resolve at all, this is a different story because the Quadros can give you 10 bit color. Also avoid SLI. Most of the Adobe software can't use more than one GPU. After Effects can, but it scales poorly. Getting 2 cards will help with your gaming, but will be pretty much worthless in anything else. The 900 series cards are great. I would go with a single 980 if you can afford it. That, or get a 970 and then buy as much RAM as possible. I use After Effects every day and I have a 780, and the largest bottleneck for rendering is the fact that I have only 32 GB of RAM.

I may go that route, as I only have 16GB of RAM right now. Dunno if I'm allowed to delve into RAM questions in this thread, so I'll steer away for now.