Good video card under $400 for Video Editing/Gaming?

steeker

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I've recently put together a new rig, but still running my old video card (EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores) and looking for some advice for a new GPU. I do a lot of video editing in 1080p using the Adobe Suite, and also would like to be able to run some FPS games at max settings at 1080p. Any advice for a card under $400 CAD?

Here's my current setup:

-Intel Core i7-6700K
-Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3
-G.Skill Aegis 16GB DDR4 2800MHz
-EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores
-NZXT 650W Power Supply
-Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD
-OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Solid State Drive

I understand Adobe Premiere runs better with Nvidia cards because of the CUDA, but sounds like the AMD cards are better bang for your buck.

Thanks in advance.
 
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The cheapest GTX 1070 available sounds like the absolute best card for you. AMD hasn't had too many big hitters at all for a few years, much less for Polaris, in the $400 dollar price range to give you the performance you're looking for.

Here is the absolute best graphics card for $400 Canadian
: (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125875&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-125-875-_-Product)

You'll have zero CPU bottlenecks for games, so don't worry about that.

Cheers mate, hope this helps. You have a great system on your hands.

Woohoopy

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Jun 8, 2013
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The cheapest GTX 1070 available sounds like the absolute best card for you. AMD hasn't had too many big hitters at all for a few years, much less for Polaris, in the $400 dollar price range to give you the performance you're looking for.

Here is the absolute best graphics card for $400 Canadian
: (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125875&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-125-875-_-Product)

You'll have zero CPU bottlenecks for games, so don't worry about that.

Cheers mate, hope this helps. You have a great system on your hands.
 
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