Which GPU should I get?

[OddsCrazyStuff]

My options:
1) NVIDIA Quadro K4200
2) Gigabyte GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK 6GB
3) Evga Gtx Titan (checking for more info on which version)
4) EVGA GTX 980 Classified
5) PowerColor Radeon HD6990 (dual GPU)
6) MSI 7970 Lightning

 

Those are the cards that are available, used within budget with waterblocks.

So no use suggesting other cards.

 

Which one of those would work best for a video editing/encoding and streaming pc?
I will be using mostly Xsplit/Obs and Adobe programs, so gaming performance is not relevant.

[bgibbz]

Quadro is best for encoding and streaming.

[Bananasplit_00]

980 or Titan Black is the way to go here, probably the Titan Black to be honest. great card for whatever you are doing(except for 4K gaming and that stuff lol)

[OddsCrazyStuff]

1 minute ago, bgibbz said:

Quadro is best for encoding and streaming.

The question is, how does the K4200 stack up to the others cards?

I mean, the Titan Black (or was it the Titan) that was more or less a Quadro card?

[Nacho588425]

Quadro are usually better for video editing, but I think a Titan Black would be a better choice, simply because if you have to upgrade, you can still use it for gaming, whereas the Quadro will be useless

[bgibbz]

2 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

The question is, how does the K4200 stack up to the others cards?

I mean, the Titan Black (or was it the Titan) that was more or less a Quadro card?

I'm really not sure. I will tell you that a 980 would probably give you better performance than a Titan and maybe a Titan black. 

[Bajantechnician]

18 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

My options:
1) NVIDIA Quadro K4200
2) Gigabyte GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK 6GB
3) Evga Gtx Titan (checking for more info on which version)
4) EVGA GTX 980 Classified
5) PowerColor Radeon HD6990 (dual GPU)
6) MSI 7970 Lightning

 

Those are the cards that are available, used within budget with waterblocks.

So no use suggesting other cards.

 

Which one of those would work best for a video editing/encoding and streaming pc?
I will be using mostly Xsplit/Obs and Adobe programs, so gaming performance is not relevant.

black for gaming/editing

 

quadro for editing/encoding

[OddsCrazyStuff]

It seems its between the Titan Black and the Quadro K4200.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-titan-black/specifications

http://www.pny.com/nvidia-quadro-k4200

In terms of pure specs so does the Titan Black have almost double what K4200 has.

So how much extra does the Quadro part add to the party?

[givegomezthegun]

I'd go with the titan black for what you need.. 

[bgibbz]

6 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

It seems its between the Titan Black and the Quadro K4200.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-titan-black/specifications

http://www.pny.com/nvidia-quadro-k4200

In terms of pure specs so does the Titan Black have almost double what K4200 has.

So how much extra does the Quadro part add to the party?

It adds some error correction I believe. 

[OddsCrazyStuff]

2 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

It adds some error correction I believe. 

I'm not at a level where error correction plays a huge roll. I can for the most part afford to redo it.

So if that is the only difference, the Titan Black wins.

[bgibbz]

3 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

I'm not at a level where error correction plays a huge roll. I can for the most part afford to redo it.

So if that is the only difference, the Titan Black wins.

I believe the that is the only difference. There is a techquickie on quadros though, you might want to check it out before you make your final decision. 

[nickl]

4 hours ago, Nacho588425 said:

Quadro are usually better for video editing, but I think a Titan Black would be a better choice, simply because if you have to upgrade, you can still use it for gaming, whereas the Quadro will be useless

Just to clarify, Quadros are more common in professional applications due to their better driver support in professional applications such as AutoCAD, Inventor, Maya, After Effects, Premiere, and their ability to do 10-bit color for professional video or photo editing situations.

 

3 hours ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

I'm not at a level where error correction plays a huge roll. I can for the most part afford to redo it.

So if that is the only difference, the Titan Black wins.

I don't believe there is ECC VRAM on Quadro Cards, AFAIK, but I'm not sure... 

 

For consumer applications and scenarios, a Titan Black is good enough.

[GarnetDevil]

Usually people will get Quadro for CAD, Maya, Solidworks,... and professional video editors that need 10-bit color

For me I'd get the GTX980 (980 Ti if possible), its p/p is way better than Quadro even in editing

[OddsCrazyStuff]

3 hours ago, GarnetDevil said:

Usually people will get Quadro for CAD, Maya, Solidworks,... and professional video editors that need 10-bit color

For me I'd get the GTX980 (980 Ti if possible), its p/p is way better than Quadro even in editing

The 980 has fewer cuda cores, less Vram and less memory bandwidth then the Titan Black.

I'm not sure if memory bandwidth matters for my usage, but Vram is somewhat important when dealing with 4k video with effects, since 4k video can take 700Mb Vram easy by just watching it.