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September 23, 2013 5:27:26 PM

Hello

I have checked on this forum about which cards are good for 3D design and rendering, and video editing.

I will be using Photoshop, Illustrator, lightwave, Zbrush, Premiere, and After Effects.

I checked on the specs and Lightwave, Zbrush, Premiere and After Affects seems to be the only ones that mention recommended specific video card requirements. For Premiere and and After Effects they mention on their site that they recommend the GTX 570 or GTX 680.

Also I have read that the Keplar gpu has been crippled to as how well it handles 3D design stuff compared to the old Fermi gpus.

Is this true?

Does this mean that I am better off buying a older generation card for what I want?

I do plan to play games, thats why I am not looking at a Quadro card.

But all of the newer cards have 2 to 6 gb in memory so I am wondering if I will be hurting as newer games come out if I stick with Fermi gpus.

I am thinking about buying a GTX 560 ti or a GTX 570. If I can find a decent priced GTX 680 I may buy it (too expensive).

Should get old or new?

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September 23, 2013 5:38:51 PM

Collin1234 said:
g335 said:
Hello

I have checked on this forum about which cards are good for 3D design and rendering, and video editing.

I will be using Photoshop, Illustrator, lightwave, Zbrush, Premiere, and After Effects.

I checked on the specs and Lightwave, Zbrush, Premiere and After Affects seems to be the only ones that mention recommended specific video card requirements. For Premiere and and After Effects they mention on their site that they recommend the GTX 570 or GTX 680.

Also I have read that the Keplar gpu has been crippled to as how well it handles 3D design stuff compared to the old Fermi gpus.

Is this true?

Does this mean that I am better off buying a older generation card for what I want?

I do plan to play games, thats why I am not looking at a Quadro card.

But all of the newer cards have 2 to 6 gb in memory so I am wondering if I will be hurting as newer games come out if I stick with Fermi gpus.

I am thinking about buying a GTX 560 ti or a GTX 570. If I can find a decent priced GTX 680 I may buy it (too expensive).

Will the 700 series be better than the fermi cards(570) since the Keplar has been crippled in regards to 3D design and rendering?
Should get old or new?

The GTX 680 is a AMAZING card. Also it is faster that the 570. So if you have the money go with the newer 680, Also you should check the 700 series cards :D 


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September 23, 2013 5:40:23 PM

I have a 680 in this rig and a 560Ti in my other desktop. You should be alright with the 56oTi, but id two of those things recommended the 570, then I would probably go with that. As for the GPU memory, most if not all of the stuff you mentioned, would rely mostly on System memory. If you are running Windows 7 Home Premium, I would go with the full load of 16 Gb to be on the safe side. The GTX 5xx cards are not dead by any means and will still be viable for a while and will handle future games well.
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September 23, 2013 5:51:28 PM

coastie65 said:
I have a 680 in this rig and a 560Ti in my other desktop. You should be alright with the 56oTi, but id two of those things recommended the 570, then I would probably go with that. As for the GPU memory, most if not all of the stuff you mentioned, would rely mostly on System memory. If you are running Windows 7 Home Premium, I would go with the full load of 16 Gb to be on the safe side. The GTX 5xx cards are not dead by any means and will still be viable for a while and will handle future games well.


Collin1234 said:
coastie65 said:
I have a 680 in this rig and a 560Ti in my other desktop. You should be alright with the 56oTi, but id two of those things recommended the 570, then I would probably go with that. As for the GPU memory, most if not all of the stuff you mentioned, would rely mostly on System memory. If you are running Windows 7 Home Premium, I would go with the full load of 16 Gb to be on the safe side. The GTX 5xx cards are not dead by any means and will still be viable for a while and will handle future games well.


True, I reccomended the 680 because I thought he wanted the fastest LOL


I have windows 8 and a 120 gb Samsung EVO ssd and will also buy a sataIII WD Black for storage.
I plan on buying the FX 8350.

So 560Ti or 570 will do? If I can afford the 680 I will get that. 16gigs of memory? ok
Do you think any of the 700 series will handle the job or should I just stick with the 560ti, 570 or the 680?
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September 23, 2013 6:03:41 PM

Collin1234 said:
g335 said:
coastie65 said:
I have a 680 in this rig and a 560Ti in my other desktop. You should be alright with the 56oTi, but id two of those things recommended the 570, then I would probably go with that. As for the GPU memory, most if not all of the stuff you mentioned, would rely mostly on System memory. If you are running Windows 7 Home Premium, I would go with the full load of 16 Gb to be on the safe side. The GTX 5xx cards are not dead by any means and will still be viable for a while and will handle future games well.


Collin1234 said:
coastie65 said:
I have a 680 in this rig and a 560Ti in my other desktop. You should be alright with the 56oTi, but id two of those things recommended the 570, then I would probably go with that. As for the GPU memory, most if not all of the stuff you mentioned, would rely mostly on System memory. If you are running Windows 7 Home Premium, I would go with the full load of 16 Gb to be on the safe side. The GTX 5xx cards are not dead by any means and will still be viable for a while and will handle future games well.


True, I reccomended the 680 because I thought he wanted the fastest LOL


I have windows 8 and a 120 gb Samsung EVO ssd and will also buy a sataIII WD Black for storage.
I plan on buying the FX 8350.

So 560Ti or 570 will do? If I can afford the 680 I will get that. 16gigs of memory? ok
Do you think any of the 700 series will handle the job or should I just stick with the 560ti, 570 or the 680?


The 680 is faster. If you want to play games on this computer sometimes (casualy) you could get the 680, The 570 or 560 will be good for video editing


The type of games I plan to play are RTS, RPG and maybe a couple of FPS games like Crysis or Metro or something.
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September 23, 2013 6:07:14 PM

The GTX 5xx will handle them well. The GTX 680 is a fantastic card. Since they have come out with the GTX 7xx stuff I don't know why the 680 hasn't come down more than it has.
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September 23, 2013 6:16:50 PM

I suspect I can run Crysis on the 560Ti on high settings with maybe some tweaking such as AA. I know that I ran both Witcher game maxed out, and they were pretty intensive.
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September 23, 2013 6:19:35 PM

coastie65 said:
I suspect I can run Crysis on the 560Ti on high settings with maybe some tweaking such as AA. I know that I ran both Witcher game maxed out, and they were pretty intensive.


Thanks

Just wondering, because I read that Battlefield 4 recommends 3 gigs of video ram, I might buy this game. But this machine will be game machine and rendering machine
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September 23, 2013 6:42:12 PM

I run Crysis Warhead max settings @40FPS Avg with my HD 7870 GHz. My CPU is bottlenecking the card. But As far as performance goes... Just go with a FX 8320 and a GTX 760. IMO, the 760 is a great card for what it costs. OC'd it can perform at 670 or maybe even close to 680 levels.
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September 23, 2013 8:47:26 PM

griptwister said:
I run Crysis Warhead max settings @40FPS Avg with my HD 7870 GHz. My CPU is bottlenecking the card. But As far as performance goes... Just go with a FX 8320 and a GTX 760. IMO, the 760 is a great card for what it costs. OC'd it can perform at 670 or maybe even close to 680 levels.


One reason that I am looking at the 560, 570 and 680 is because of making sure I can get good 3D design, rendering, and video editing results.

If the 760 can do this, I will consider it. But this not going to be an only gaming machine.
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September 23, 2013 9:02:06 PM

A GTX 760 is MUCH faster than a GTX 560. I'm sure a GTX 760 is far more capable in those tasks than a GTX 560.
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September 23, 2013 9:50:54 PM

Collin1234 said:
griptwister said:
A GTX 760 is MUCH faster than a GTX 560. I'm sure a GTX 760 is far more capable in those tasks than a GTX 560.


Yup, Also has some newer stuff and compatability with the nvidia sheild :D 


What is Nvidia Shield?
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September 23, 2013 10:08:23 PM

It's essentially a $300 Nintendo DS made by Nvidia. It's everything the DS wishes it could be. Lol. And the cool thing is you can stream games from your PC to your Nvidia Shield and play on the Shield device.
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September 24, 2013 4:54:52 AM

griptwister said:
I run Crysis Warhead max settings @40FPS Avg with my HD 7870 GHz. My CPU is bottlenecking the card. But As far as performance goes... Just go with a FX 8320 and a GTX 760. IMO, the 760 is a great card for what it costs. OC'd it can perform at 670 or maybe even close to 680 levels.


I was surprised at what I vould run and at High settings with the HD 5770 I had at one time ( the last AMD Card I had ). I believe the GTX 760 may be cheaper than the GTX 680, go figure.
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