need GPU advice urgently

[TechRush]

I may have to buy a new gpu soon as my current system may be on its last legs and for my new build I'm going with a ryzen based system, and I've already bought most of the components for it already.

I have some questions about gpu - how much will gddr5 ram amount affect my needs/intended usage (listed below)?

what does Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP Graphics offer? just being able to output the same to two different screens (of various types)?

I'm considering

the RX 580 8gb / GTX 1060 6gb,

or the new GTX 1060 gddr6 / RX 590 8gb,

or GTX 1070ti 8gb or Vega 56

maybe GTX 1080 8gb -

what do you think of vega 56 vs vega 64?

 

My intended usage -

 

My main uses for my system are as follows -

streaming at 1080p/60fps

Video editing for 1080p/60fps and 4k - these are mostly non gaming videos

2d motion graphics - think Adobe Animate and Adobe After Effects, to incorporate into videos

3d modelling/animation - via Blender

regular image editing - a dozen or so 1080p or 4k images a day

web development

 

videos/motion graphics/3D work -

Adobe Suite - in particular

- Premier Pro

- Animate

- Illustrator

- Photoshop

- After Effects

Davinci Resolve

Blender

 

for gaming whilst streaming at 1080p 60fps -

- some FPS/3rdPS such as Battlefield 5, Fortnite

- a lot of beat em ups, such as SF5, T7, SC6.

- some 2d axis games, e.g. hack and slash, MOBA, totalwar or EU series games

- whatever is coming out in the next few years, e.g. Cyberpunk 2077.

- indie titles

- would liek to be abel to play games coming within 1-3 years from now at max or high settings at above 60fps 1080p

- but most of the games i play are likely not to be gfx intensive, it would be a minority of the games (from this year only BF5, otherwise it was fortnite, moba's and strategy).

 

later on -

may consider Cinema4D and other industry standard software on a student license

 

I decided to add this detial so that if there is any savings possible i can make then I'd like to make them.

 

Currently I'm inclined towards the Vega 56 but there are rx 580's going for £195 on amazon (28% off) at the moment.

[Jurrunio]

Do not judge mid range to high end graphics cards with VRAM (except 1060 3gb), just get the fastest NVidia GPU on a well-build card you can afford.

[TechRush]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Do not judge mid range to high end graphics cards with VRAM, just get the fastest NVidia GPU on a well-build card you can afford.

is NVidia essential for me? asking as I can get a Vega 56 for around mid £300 but the 1070ti begins at mid £400 for me,

[mxk]

I mean it depends on which ryzen cpu you get, which you didn't list. Some of the stuff that you'll be doing that you listed is more cpu dependent, keep that in mind. As for the different connections for display, dual stuff (hdmi, dp) will let you display to multiple monitors that use that connection. I'm not sure how dvi-dual link works but I think its better and I know it has more connectors

[Jurrunio]

Just now, 2018amdbuild said:

is NVidia essential for me? asking as I can get a Vega 56 for around mid £300 but the 1070ti begins at mid £400 for me,

You won't be able to use CUDA with Radeons, which means you're locked to Nvidia, pretty much.

[mxk]

1 minute ago, 2018amdbuild said:

is NVidia essential for me? asking as I can get a Vega 56 for around mid £300 but the 1070ti begins at mid £400 for me,

1070ti is a little bit better than the vega 56.

[TechRush]

Just now, mxk. said:

I mean it depends on which ryzen cpu you get, which you didn't list. Some of the stuff that you'll be doing that you listed is more cpu dependent, keep that in mind. As for the different connections for display, dual stuff (hdmi, dp) will let you display to multiple monitors that use that connection. I'm not sure how dvi-dual link works but I think its better and I know it has more connectors

I got the 2700x

[mlitttler89]

I've always been under the impression that Adobe programs perform better with Nvidia cards.

[TechRush]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

You won't be able to use CUDA with Radeons, which means you're locked to Nvidia, pretty much.

are you referencing me listing video editing  / 3d work when mentioning cuda cores? will amd stream processors rly not be able to contend? from what i understand nvidia is better choice but was hoping amd would suffice.

[TechRush]

Just now, mlitttler89 said:

I've always been under the impression that Adobe programs perform better with Nvidia cards.

this is what I've heard too but was hoping amd would be a viable option also.

[Jurrunio]

12 minutes ago, 2018amdbuild said:

are you referencing me listing video editing  / 3d work when mentioning cuda cores? will amd stream processors rly not be able to contend? from what i understand nvidia is better choice but was hoping amd would suffice.

CUDA, as in CUDA acceleration. Stream processors cannot do this, just like how unique Tensor cores are on Volta and Turing cards.

[TechRush]

should i consider getting amazon warehouse graphics cards that are used - very good? can get cards for cheaper like this (£330). or is it too dangerous?.

 

There is one gtx 1070 ti going for £380 (14% price drop), should I consider this or wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

[mxk]

5 hours ago, 2018amdbuild said:

should i consider getting amazon warehouse graphics cards that are used - very good? can get cards for cheaper like this (£330). or is it too dangerous?.

 

There is one gtx 1070 ti going for £380 (14% price drop), should I consider this or wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

I just picked my 1070ti up for $380 USD , though mine was brand new. These cards are pretty good deals I would recommend them.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=415&sort=price&page=1

I've heard some weird things about the gigabyte windforce one though, so read reviews on it.

[mxk]

5 hours ago, 2018amdbuild said:

should i consider getting amazon warehouse graphics cards that are used - very good? can get cards for cheaper like this (£330). or is it too dangerous?.

 

There is one gtx 1070 ti going for £380 (14% price drop), should I consider this or wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Oh and I guess amazon might be a bit safer than sites like eBay in my opinion, but at the same time on amazon warehouse there aren't any pictures you just have to trust the seller. I've never had any bad luck with amazon and if you do end up getting scammed amazon has a good return policy. Hopefully you get a regularly used card and not a mining card

[TechRush]

found some gtx 1070 ti (triple fan) on sale for £370, roughly 15% off, should i go for it or wait for cyber monday? was hoping to get at least a 20% discount.