1070? Maybe 1060?

[ABehery]

Hello,

I have been building a new pc for quite a time now, bought all the parts except for one thing, the GPU, which I can't really decide which GPU to invest in. Most of my work revolve around graphic designing, photo editing, video editing, but I have considered learning 3D designs as soon as I build this PC.

I haven't played much games in the past 4 years so I'm very outdated regarding new releases, graphic demands and such. The thing is, I have the money for a GTX 1070, but I don't want to spend money on something that I'm not going to make a use of, instead I would get more storage or a better screen or something.

So the question is, as a casual gamer, should I get the 1070 or the 1060? if the 1060 I believe getting the 3GB version would be a better value.

And will the GPU make a big difference in 3D rendering? Or is the 1060 perfectly fine?

 

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[Aidanlockett1]

Personally I have a 1060 6gb, and im not a heavy gamer. When i do play AAA titles it holds up but the 1070 regardless is a good card. If your in graphic design take the extra money into account for a color accurate monitor

[Joseph Hartness]

 Get the gtx 1070. Most notably the evga one. It helps in video editing and graphic design, which is what I do also.

[shadowbyte]

which 3d renderer would you be using + which other programs do you use?

[ABehery]

Just now, shadowbyte said:

which 3d renderer would you be using + which other programs do you use?

I haven't decided yet since I haven't dealt with any 3D renderers, I use all Adobe products, FL Studio and some business process modeling software which is not demanding at all.

[RAM555789]

It can be pretty program dependent on how much the GPU will be used vs the CPU

[shadowbyte]

Just now, ABehery said:

I haven't decided yet since I haven't dealt with any 3D renderers, I use all Adobe products, FL Studio and some business process modeling software which is not demanding at all.

ok

there's little to no difference between a 1060 and 1070 in premiere

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-840/#Exportingto1080p-SingleGPU

and having used illustrator, photoshop, and lightroom on a hyperthreaded dual core i5 in my laptop with acceptable performance, it mainly comes down to CPU performance.