I don't care anything about gaming. Only about our the world of editing. So is the 570 going to give a better rendering environment than the 660Ti or 670? I guess that is what I am looking for but I don't think many really know for sure, right?

Is a GTX 670 for 319 after rebate a good deal or even worth it? Or is a 660Ti for 80 bucks less a better deal???

Its really doubtful that you will be able to squeeze out all that you should from a 660ti - it is plenty for you and a lot less expensive investment

So you think a 660Ti would be fine and a better bang for my buck.

Read above - the difference between the two is probably negligible. The real problem is, as I've said, that my research indicates that nVidia has made the 600 series a gaming card. Supposedly - per rumor - nvidia wasn't happy that people found their prosumer video cards excellent for rendering and didn't feel a need to buy their high end cards. Hence the new architecture supposedly runs no faster than the 500 series and sometimes even slower. This is all second hand information but it has been often repeated by people who seem to know what they are talking about.

MORE importantly, look at Sony Vegas' benchmarks. They use the GTX 570 and I know that card works. Look in the forum - so many people saying that the 600 series cards are not even recognized by Sony Vegas 12 to use for GPU acceleration. The only time I've seen anyone say the card is even recognized mid-November on the latest build of Vegas 12. No one knows how buggy the 600 cards are right now or whether these cards will work properly within the next year. Sony won't speak to you for technical support unless you pay them and sales says "supported means we'll get around to fixing things."

IF you want to see the video on your screen, yes, it will probably work. But if you bought it for video encoding, it might not work at all. Still can't find anyone who has used Vegas 12 with the 660 ti. Believe me, I'm not happy. I have a 660 ti card en route which will almost certainly be returned finding out all these shenanigans.

So, I have changed my mind TheLaw like I said in the other post and am going to meet halfway. I will go with the 570 which is a little slower than the 580 but saves about 40 watts of power usage. The 570 is proven but I wonder if 1280MB of 1.25 GB is enough? Or should I look for the 2GB 570? There are not a lot of these around but they are there. Anyone care to steer me to a good deal? I think I may have found one but someone may know of a better one. Thanks.

Does anyone know if on the 570 it would be better to go with the 2.5GB or the 1.25GB or would it even make a difference? The price difference is 80$.

I went with EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD. I got it for $219. Hope that is a good price.

Where did you order it from?

Peter

It's an insanely great price, at least I think so. At least you know the card works with everything and I'd just suggest you making sure you have a powerful enough Power Supply Unit and you should be good to go. I'm almost definitely going the same route as I don't do gaming.

Regarding compute performance... take a look at this:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6159/the-geforce-gtx-660-ti-review/16

I am currently running some Rendering tests with my GTX670 in Vegas 12Pro and they should be completed tonight, I will post my results tomorrow , thus far I have had no crashes or errors....

Ordered from newegg.

I have a 750 watt high current 80 gold.