How good is GT 730 2gb ddr5 for video editing?

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Girishchan

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I am on a very strict budget and cannot afford a GPU above 5000INR(70$).I wanna couple it with i5 6500 and 16 gb ddr4 ram to do some 1080 premiere editing and also to learn 3d.Any advice would be of much help!
thanx in advance.
 
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^^ I Second Digital Hamster. Better off with the built in graphics honestly. Intergraged graphics is not the same as back in the Core 2/P4 days. If you heard Intergraded graphics you would think 1 Monitor max, 8 MB of dedicated VRAM with up to 128MB max.

These HD 530 can run up to 3, YES 3 4K Monitors. The 730 Can't do that. So that tells you a lot about the difference between the two.
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Hey there,
As far as I am concerned, buying a GT730 is not a wise way to spend the budget.
In reality there is very little performance difference from using the iGPU in your i5 compared to the GT730.
Depending on which websites you visit, the HD 530 integrated graphics even out perform the GT 730!
Either way any GPU related tasks will be slow.

However, if you are tight on RAM (perhaps using below 4GB as a rough guide) the extra 2GB of VRAM will be helpful as it will free up the main RAM.
Potentially I would recommend that, if possible, you try to save up some more money for the GPU over time and then buy a more powerful model.

Hoping this can help you a bit :)
 
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^^ I Second Digital Hamster. Better off with the built in graphics honestly. Intergraged graphics is not the same as back in the Core 2/P4 days. If you heard Intergraded graphics you would think 1 Monitor max, 8 MB of dedicated VRAM with up to 128MB max.

These HD 530 can run up to 3, YES 3 4K Monitors. The 730 Can't do that. So that tells you a lot about the difference between the two.
 
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The IGP could well be enough (stronger in some things), but the GT730 will save local resources (e.g. RAM) for processing. His resolution is 1080p, so he should be fine.

Still, it might save some money if the OP starts out with the IGP and gets the GT730 only if the RAM it eats is hurting performance elsewhere.
 
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Girishchan

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So can i completely ignore a dedicated graphics card and use a kabylake i5's integrated HD630 for editing and 3d modeling?
I could save 70-80$ on this build this way.I am really on a tight budget.
 
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I think you are going about this backwards. First, figure out which software you will be using for video editing and 3d modeling. Some may use CUDA cores, some may use Opencl. Then you need to find out how much that software uses the videocard for. Some programs may use the videocard for everything, some may only use the card for certain parts of the task. Lastly, find out from people who use that software, usually at the forums for that software, if a videocard even makes a difference.

After you do that, then you'll have an idea of what card, if any, you need. It's not something where people can just say "Yes that 730 will work" or "No, that 730 won't work".
 
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