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Upgrade my Graphics Cards

I have been using my rig for about 4 years, and the only upgrade I've done was put a Samsung 840 EVO SSD 250GB.

I have in this rig two Galaxy GTX 560 Ti not on SLI because I use this rig for editing videos on Premiere Pro CC and After Effects CC. But when I used to gaming a bit I turned on SLI.

The GTX 560 Ti has only 384 CUDA cores, and since I've been working more and more, time takes money. And I'll buy a 1440p monitor. I work with a 13" LG monitor (VGA/D-sub video input only), and a LG 22' (DVI video input)

 

  1. Which graphics card should I upgrade? GTX 980, 980 Ti (only rumours), R9 290-290x or wait for 390X?
  2. Does it really worth upgrading ?

 

Current rig:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard 
Memory: Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Memory: Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 60GB 2.5; Solid State Drive 
Storage: OCZ Vertex 3 60GB 2.5; Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5; Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5; 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 800W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHES208-08 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Full (32/64-bit)
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You should probably wait for AMD to release cards, but I am not that certain if that ever happens tbh

CPU: Xeon 1230v3 - GPU: GTX 770  - SSD: 120GB 840 Evo - HDD: WD Blue 1TB - RAM: Ballistix 8GB - Case: CM N400 - PSU: CX 600M - Cooling: Cooler Master 212 Evo

Update Plans: Mini ITX this bitch

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I dont have experience with those programs, but do they support gpu acceleration from both brands (some only use cuda, and vice versa), as that will dictate what you will need to get to improve your workflow.

Cpu: Ryzen 2700 @ 4.0Ghz | Motherboard: Hero VI x370 | Gpu: EVGA RTX 2080 | Cooler: Custom Water loop | Ram: 16GB Trident Z 3000MHz

PSU: RM650x + Braided cables | Case:  painted Corsair c70 | Monitor: MSI 1440p 144hz VA | Drives: 500GB 850 Evo (OS)

Laptop: 2014 Razer blade 14" Desktop: http://imgur.com/AQZh2sj , http://imgur.com/ukAXerd

 

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I dont have experience with those programs, but do they support gpu acceleration from both brands (some only use cuda, and vice versa), as that will dictate what you will need to get to improve your workflow.

 

Only the CC versions supports CUDA and OpenCL for AMD.

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