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It seems as though this has been asked before, but I don't think there was ever a good answer. So here goes again:
Which would be better overall for Adobe Premiere Pro CC video editing, a Quadro or GTX?
I am a professional video editor. Here's what I am working with now:
12 core Mac Pro (2x 6 core Xeon)
28 GB of RAM
120GB SSD
6 TB RAID 0 Storage (3x 2 TB HDDs)
nVidia Quadro 4000 for Mac
I have been researching this topic for several hours now and I am still unsure which is better.
My thoughts right now are that I already have a Quadro, and it works pretty well. I can output broadcast quality 30 second spots in about 1 minute. But when I look at Newegg and see GTX cards for about $400-500, all with specs far greater than my Quadro, and far cheaper than a Quadro 5000 or 6000, I can't help but wonder if I wouldn't get a worthwhile performance increase with a GTX.
Let's just say for now that money isn't an object. Which card would I put in my Mac? Would a GTX 9xx be loads better than my Quadro? I do at times have as many as 8 layers of nearly uncompressed HD video and graphics up at once, and playback will begin to chug with that much.
So the bottom line for me is that it is well worth the $400-500 of a GTX card to be able to do everything almost instantly. Playback and encoding. But it is not worth it if I won't even notice the increase.
Thanks for reading the long post and hope to hear from y'all soon!
Which would be better overall for Adobe Premiere Pro CC video editing, a Quadro or GTX?
I am a professional video editor. Here's what I am working with now:
12 core Mac Pro (2x 6 core Xeon)
28 GB of RAM
120GB SSD
6 TB RAID 0 Storage (3x 2 TB HDDs)
nVidia Quadro 4000 for Mac
I have been researching this topic for several hours now and I am still unsure which is better.
My thoughts right now are that I already have a Quadro, and it works pretty well. I can output broadcast quality 30 second spots in about 1 minute. But when I look at Newegg and see GTX cards for about $400-500, all with specs far greater than my Quadro, and far cheaper than a Quadro 5000 or 6000, I can't help but wonder if I wouldn't get a worthwhile performance increase with a GTX.
Let's just say for now that money isn't an object. Which card would I put in my Mac? Would a GTX 9xx be loads better than my Quadro? I do at times have as many as 8 layers of nearly uncompressed HD video and graphics up at once, and playback will begin to chug with that much.
So the bottom line for me is that it is well worth the $400-500 of a GTX card to be able to do everything almost instantly. Playback and encoding. But it is not worth it if I won't even notice the increase.
Thanks for reading the long post and hope to hear from y'all soon!
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