is AMD bad for video editing?

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legendare

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I am looking to do video editing but I was adding up the price tally for parts and it's going to cost around what I saw this pre built computer going for on Costco ($750) except its worser... The Costco one is here

http://www.costco.com/Dell-XPS-8700-Desktop-%7c-Intel-Core-i7-%7c-1GB-Graphics.product.100082459.html

Seemed like an extraordinarily good deal to me. I guess i'm really asking: I heard all this talk about CUBID and other Nvidia exclusives that speed up render times... Is this going to make video editing less efficient and cost deffective if I go with a decent AMD build? Do you guys think I can pull off a video editing build for around $550-650? I was also thinking of getting a i7 with the 4600 HD, would that be a decent substitute for a video card until I could afford one? I know it's a lot but thanks if you answer anything.
 
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Depends on what your software can use. AMD wipes the floor with everyone (?) if your programs can use OpenCL. Not sure what CUBID is, but if you are referring to CUDA then yes. IF your software used CUDA it can be much faster then using the CPU. Finally don't forget about Intel's Quicksync. Last I heard it still has some issues so you might want to avoid it. But I'd take a look at see what your software can use. FYI, if you go CUDA.Nvidia, you can safely use an AMD CPU. Just get the best Nvidia card you can get.
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That's not a bad deal for a store bought system. If you want a decent editing build for around $600 then you will have no choice but to go with AMD. Or at least AMD would be the better choice in that price range. You will get what you pay for. AMD is not BAD at video editing, it's just not as good as Intel.
 
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Depends on what your software can use. AMD wipes the floor with everyone (?) if your programs can use OpenCL. Not sure what CUBID is, but if you are referring to CUDA then yes. IF your software used CUDA it can be much faster then using the CPU. Finally don't forget about Intel's Quicksync. Last I heard it still has some issues so you might want to avoid it. But I'd take a look at see what your software can use. FYI, if you go CUDA.Nvidia, you can safely use an AMD CPU. Just get the best Nvidia card you can get.
 
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Haha okay I sound dumb thank you for making sense of what i'm trying to say. One last thing: will there be anything I WON'T be able to do on ATI that I could do on Nvidia... And do you have any recommendations on a build?
 
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Not really. All in all they're both graphics cards built to do the same thing. Worst case scenario you might see some speed differences given some tasks. However, that's all in how well the card itself is supported by that software in particular.

Apparently NVIDIA, AMD/ATI can't decide to mainstream one great piece of technology, but would rather make one million pieces of shoddy technology instead. :)
 
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Run CUDA code, including PhysX. Nvidia has locked this to their cards only to give themselves another bullet/selling point. As I said in my first reply you really want to check what software you are using before buying. I'd base my choice off of that rather then who made what part.

In case you can't tell I'm rather impartial on who makes what. My current GPU is the AMD 7950. Before that was an Nvidia GTX460. I've also recently used the 7750, and the 8800GS. Been awhile since I've used an AMD CPU as my last one there was the 3500+. Buy based on what you can afford and what provides the best results. If that's a chip from Ti or ARM then so be it. Don't get hung up on the names.
 
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What the heck are you doing asking such a stupid question? With all due respect, both Intel and AMD were
founded at nearly the same time. Both companies make quality CPUs.

An AMD based system will still save you a lot of money verses
an Intel based machine because AMD has lower overhead.
 
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