What is better? A good CPU or a good GPU?

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Sharks445

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What is better to get? a good CPU or a good GPU? I am doing some moderate gaming, 3D rendering (V-Ray, Google Sketchup, etc) video editing, etc.

What would be better for me to get?

One more question. Why are video cards so damn expensive? a high end CPU can cost around $300-400, but a high end GPU can cost up to $800-1000
 
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GPUS are optimized for certain tasks..... and even different applications that do the same thing may ruin better under a workstation card or a gaming card. Most people are surprised for example that gaming cards outperform workstation cards in both Autodesk AutoCAD 2 D and 3D .... however Autodesk Revit performs better under workstation cards. For many types of operations a weak application performance will be bottlenecked by either a weak CPU or GPU. In gaming for example, you might do just fine in single player w/ a hot GFX card but then get hammered performance wise in multi-player cause of a weak CPU.

There's also the difference between vector graphic sand raster graphics. Not to mention peeps often forget about storage...
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A high end CPU may cost $1000+, just look at the socket 2011 ones.

If you prioritize video/3D rendering, then a better CPU will help you out more.
If you prioritize framerates and quality in games, then a better GPU will help you out more.
 
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For gaming, the gfx card is the main thing that will increase frame rate. (assuming you have a decent CPU) But for all the tasks you list above, you will need BOTH.

The gfx card consists of both a processor, and the support components that your computer consists of. Memory (usually more expensive than system memory), support chipsets, cooler (usually much more sophisticated than the stock CPU cooler... think if the gfx card as a computer within your computer.
 
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GPUS are optimized for certain tasks..... and even different applications that do the same thing may ruin better under a workstation card or a gaming card. Most people are surprised for example that gaming cards outperform workstation cards in both Autodesk AutoCAD 2 D and 3D .... however Autodesk Revit performs better under workstation cards. For many types of operations a weak application performance will be bottlenecked by either a weak CPU or GPU. In gaming for example, you might do just fine in single player w/ a hot GFX card but then get hammered performance wise in multi-player cause of a weak CPU.

There's also the difference between vector graphic sand raster graphics. Not to mention peeps often forget about storage subsystems and while the importance of this has greatly decreased in AutoCAD it remains very important in video editing and other wrote intensive applications.
 
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