Best GPU

fr0sty wrote on 8/28/2020, 1:25 AM

Yes, the more recent versions of VEGAS, after Magix bought it (so it's not Sony VEGAS anymore, it's now owned by VEGAS Creative Software, a division of Magix... so now it's just called VEGAS Pro), have made great strides towards making Nvidia work just as well if not better than AMD. The benchmarks we did on VEGAS 17 actually show the 2080ti as the best performing GPU.

As for your GPU, the 2070 is probably your best bet, but you also might want to consider waiting for the RTX 30xx series cards to drop, which certain teases from Nvidia suggest might happen next month. Even if you don't buy into that series, the 20xx cards should drop in price.

TheRhino wrote on 8/28/2020, 9:56 PM

According to Puget Systems, in Adobe CS & Resolve, Nvidia cards perform better than AMD:
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/After-Effects-GPU-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1553/

However, I mainly use Vegas & Photoshop & require TB3 support, so currently I favor the Intel CPUs & AMD GPUs. My liquid-cooled 9900K workstation with liquid cooled VEGA 64 & M.2 drives in RAIDs is dead-silent allowing me to do DUBBING right next to my tower case, something I cannot do with my other towers, which all have fan-cooled CPUs & GPUs & louder spinning SATAs in RAIDs...

About 18 months ago I only paid $350 for the VEGA 64 LQ that for 1/3 the price of a 2080ti provides decent Vegas & Photoshop performance. Getting an older flagship vs. paying the same price for a newer mid-range GPU (5700XT, etc.) has always worked well for me... The drivers are mature. The Vegas team has had more user feedback on the product line, etc... I expect the price of the 2080ti, 2070 Supers, etc. to drop in price once the Big NAVI & Nvidia Ampere are released later this Fall... If you have a place-holder GPU to hold you over until the price drops, you might be able to find a former flagship for a good new or used price...

vivanco5555 wrote on 8/29/2020, 5:45 PM

Thank you for you replies.

Since I will have to save money because of some expenses I still have to deal with, I'll take the Ampere release as a sign so I'll wait. I hope my computer lasts enough. It's a little bit ailing.

By the way, what kind of liquid cooling do you use? I can't afford a custom one and I was going to get an Arctic Liquid but I don't know if a Noctua is better.

fr0sty wrote on 8/30/2020, 3:31 AM

Don't bother, it's way overpriced, and non-liquid coolers work just as well (unless you're trying to do insane overclocks and don't ever plan on moving the computer), plus you have to worry about maintenance and leaks. The only time I'd recommend liquid cooling is if you work in a sound studio that requires as much silence as possible.

walter-i. wrote on 8/30/2020, 5:00 AM

Don't bother, it's way overpriced, and non-liquid coolers work just as well (unless you're trying to do insane overclocks and don't ever plan on moving the computer), plus you have to worry about maintenance and leaks. The only time I'd recommend liquid cooling is if you work in a sound studio that requires as much silence as possible.

I make sound recordings (speaking sound) right next to my computer and have no problems with fan noise at all. You don't have to make sound recordings while rendering when the computer needs the most power.

fr0sty wrote on 8/30/2020, 6:51 AM

You'd do much, MUCH better by devoting that liquid cooling budget to buying more powerful hardware.

michael-harrison wrote on 8/30/2020, 9:14 AM

+1 for frosty's last answer.

If noise is an issue, you could try putting the machine in another room.

I've been surprised by what I've been able to accomplish using realvnc. I had to accept that I'd only have one display to work with but that hasn't been the dealbreaker I thought it would be.

vivanco5555 wrote on 8/31/2020, 4:25 PM

Well, since I can't find anyone who supports AIO's in other forums I've taken part in, I think I'm already convinced. Of course, the only thing I don't like is the volume needed for the Noctua, taking RAM's space away, but you can't have everything. Thank you very much for your comments.

john_dennis wrote on 8/31/2020, 5:56 PM

@vivanco5555

My Sapphire RX480 doesn't run the fans when it's just sitting there. I just checked and they are motionless. The video card wouldn't contribute to the noise level for recording audio.

Decoding and Encoding is another situation.

TheRhino wrote on 8/31/2020, 7:35 PM

@vivanco5555

My Sapphire RX480 doesn't run the fans when it's just sitting there. I just checked and they are motionless. The video card wouldn't contribute to the noise level for recording audio.

Decoding and Encoding is another situation.

My VEGAs power 3-4 4K monitors at once & I like to do my voice-overs / narrations while watching the video play on the timeline, so my fans are prone to spin-up even when I am not rendering, etc... The price-difference between my Corsair H150i & a quality Noctua CPU cooler is negligible compared to the time saved not having to re-record something... AND, I found the liquid-cooled VEGA 64 for only $350, the same price as a fan-cooled one, so it was just a matter of the time needed to hunt one down...