1060 sufficient for smooth playback while editing and video rendering?

hilte

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Hello, I am putting together a custom editing pc. And mind that this is solely for video editing really. Games would be limited to older titles to relive some older times. Anyway I am looking into getting the GTX 1060 6GB card from either Gigabyte or Asus. I use Photoshop, Sony Vegas and may use Premiere Pro in the future. My current workstation is my laptop with 2 cores and integrated AMD graphics, so it will be a big step up.

But I would love to have smooth time line playback in 4K (downscaled if necessary) preview with. I know rendering will not matter too much between this or like a 1070 ti or 1080. But I was wondering since my budget will allow me to buy a higher card, but I do not want to either spend too less for not enough performance or overpay for overkill. So would you say this is sufficient for fx heavy 4K footage playback on my 3440:1440 ultrawide?

Rest of the build:
Case: Thermaltake View 28
CPU: Ryzen 7 1700
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken x52
Mb: Asus Strix x370 f
SSD: Samsung 250GB SSD M.2
HDD: Toshiba 3TB
GPU: 1060/1070ti/1080 (depends on what people say)

Any other possible changes and specifically about GPU will be appreciated. I am looking to spend anywhere between 300-550 for the graphics card, 1080ti is beyond what I want to spend. Thanks for responding!
 

hilte

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Question from hilte : "1060 sufficient for smooth playback while editing and video rendering?"

Hello, I am looking into buying a new rig, actually my first, for my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLjm5AX3Urz7eESMs0ytlLg) may you want to check it out. It will be a step up from my laptop with 2 cores and integrated graphics from AMD right now. It will be solely for (4K) editing, productivity and general usage. Gaming will not be a point of interest here.

I want to know if the GTX 1060 6GB version from Asus or Gigabyte will be able to pull off smooth playback on my timeline from Sony Vegas or Premiere Pro at 4K or downscaled. But at least 1440p. Rendering times will as I have noticed from videos and forums not be much worse than something like a 1070ti or 1080. But I do not want to do budget out of this. If anyone can recommend what I should do here, just Nvidia as Radeon cards generally arent well optimized with Sony Vegas. I do not have a specific budget so I am trying to get it between 300-550 euros. So a 1060, 1070, 1070ti or 1080 are what I debating between. But I just want it to work properly without being disappointed and not spending on too much overkill. But the worst would be spending too less for disappointment.

If you can give me any recommendations, anything is appreciated from whatever part to specifically my GPU problem.

Rest of the build:
Case: Thermaltake View 28
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU cooler: NZXT Kraken x52
MB: Asus Strix x370 f
SSD: 250GB Samsung Evo M.2
HDD: Some 2/3TB drive
PSU: Corsair rs750x
GPU: 1060 6gb, 1070, 1070 ti, 1080 (whatever is needed for my tasks)

Hope you can help me out, again no budgetting out but not way too much if it will not be significantly noticable! Every help will be appreciated, thank you so much!