How much the video card influences in the video edition

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Carlos90210

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Hello all ^ _ ^

I was wondering how much the video card influences in the video edition, I do not know whether to choose a gtx 1070 8gb or if it is not necessary I would opt for the gtx 1050 ti 4gb

What I mean is if the editing process is faster with a good video card like gtx 1070 Or it does not matter if I use one gtx 1050 ti

i5 7600
16gb ddr4 2400

Thank you !
 
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Generally for video editing once you reach a certain point in hardware acceleration then adding more power doesn't really speed things up. It's called the point of diminishing returns, you spend more and more money for less and less gain.

So, for video editing, I think once you reach 1050 Ti level you will have about as much videocard assistance in hardware acceleration as worth paying for. Unless you know for a fact you need to spend more, don't. The 'hardware recommendations' page for the software you use will usually give you a pretty good idea of the kind of components you will need.

My personal advice is to not even buy a videocard yet. Get some experience editing with integrated graphics first, then see where you need faster...
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aquielisunari

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The "video edition"? What does that mean?

What is this PC going to be used for?

Could edition mean resolution? You can easily game at 1080p with the 1050Ti. It just depends on how much eye candy you like and which games you are playing, if you are gaming. You just have to dial back some in game settings. You get what you pay for..... You then need to make sure your PSU can feed all the parts what they need Too little power and.
 
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_Cosmin_

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You meant video editing? Which software? Premiere? Vegas? DaVinci Resolve?
Usualy rendering is done by CPU (and lots of fast ram) - GPU only contribute to realtime preview and aplying few effects....

Google is your friend (each non-linear-video-editor has it`s own particularities)! Example:
List of GPU accelerated effects in Premiere Pro:
Here is a list of the effects and transitions that can be accelerated by CUDA in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Alpha Adjust
Basic 3D
Black & White
Brightness & Contrast
Color Balance (RGB)
Color Pass (Windows only)
Color Replace
Crop
Drop Shadow
Edge Feather
Eight-Point Garbage Matte
Extract
Fast Color Corrector
Four-Point Garbage Matte
Gamma Correction
Garbage Matte (4, 8, 16)
Gaussian Blur
Horizontal Flip
Levels
Luma Corrector
Luma Curve
Noise
Proc Amp
RGB Curves
RGB Color Corrector
Sharpen
Sixteen-Point Garbage Matte
Three-way Color Corrector
Timecode
Tint
Track Matte Key
Ultra Keyer
Video Limiter
Vertical Flip
Cross Dissolve
Dip to Black
Dip to White
Directional Blur
Fast Blur
Invert
Additive Dissolve
Film Dissolve
Warp Stabilizer
 
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For video editing, a faster CPU will always render faster than a slower CPU. Core-wise, it depends on the particular video editing app. Some will grab as many cores as they can, while some will ignore anything past 4 (or even sometimes 2) cores/threads. You'll want to check benchmarks for the particular application you're going to use.

Memory-wise, you're probably OK, although you might want to consider either getting faster RAM or getting more of it. Faster RAM will help a bit with the rendering. More RAM will either help you speed up the rendering or allow you to work on other things while you're rendering.

Same thing happens with GPUs. Some apps will take advantage of the CUDA cores in nVidia products, while others don't use them at all. I'm not sure if there are any apps that take advantage of AMD cards, though I'm sure it's perfectly feasible. Again, it depends on the app.
 
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dontlistentome

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Generally for video editing once you reach a certain point in hardware acceleration then adding more power doesn't really speed things up. It's called the point of diminishing returns, you spend more and more money for less and less gain.

So, for video editing, I think once you reach 1050 Ti level you will have about as much videocard assistance in hardware acceleration as worth paying for. Unless you know for a fact you need to spend more, don't. The 'hardware recommendations' page for the software you use will usually give you a pretty good idea of the kind of components you will need.

My personal advice is to not even buy a videocard yet. Get some experience editing with integrated graphics first, then see where you need faster performance, if you need faster performance. You never know, you might need more CPU performance more than videocard hardware acceleration.
 
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