Help choosing a new graphics card

Jep wrote on 9/1/2016, 4:42 AM

I need help choosing a new graphics card. I know there are a lot of threads on the subject, but I'm not all that tech savy and after reading through just a few of them my head starts spinning.

I'm running have Vegas Pro 13, running on Win 7 64bit Pro, Intel i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, with 8Gig Ram. I currently have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics card.

I do a lot of editing in Vegas Pro, and output mainly in Sony AVC or Main Concept AVC for burning to Blu-ray discs. Obviously I would like to achieve the highest possible render times for my projects.

I also need to be able to connect my PC to my HD TV via HDMI cable for use as a second monitor. I have had major problems connecting to my TV with the GTX 560 Ti, and it is one of the major reasons I'm considering changing/upgrading my card.

I would be very grateful for any help or suggestions.

TIA :)

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OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2016, 5:41 AM

First, with any of the newer cards you will lose the ability to render with GPU acceleration especially for the two codecs you like to work with.

I would go for a good AMD card, your motherboard is limited to PCIe 2.0, something like a 380X. If you like Nvidia cards, a user reported good results with the latest 1080 card.

Eventually you will be limited by your other hardware, the CPU is not strong enough to make the GPU work hard.

What problems did you have connecting the GTX560Ti to a TV? It should be fairly simple and a new card may not be the answer.

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Jep wrote on 9/1/2016, 6:16 AM

Thanks for your comments OldSmoke.

First - for a long time I've been under the impression that GPU acceleration doesn't work with the GTX 506 ti. I could be wrong though. Certainly the render tests I've done with the GPU enabled/disabled would seem to indicate that.

Sometimes I could get a connection to my TV with the GTX but then sometimes I couldn't. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason as to why. After losing connection it might take a day or two of messing about, and then suddenly it would re-connect - but I could never itdentify the reason why. When it didn't connect the Nvidia control panel would say "This display does not support HDCP as configured". But when it did make a connection it would show "Panasonic TV" as my secondry display. I've tested it on two TVs with pretty much same results. The cable seems to be fine as I tested it with my Blu-ray player and no problems. I was also able to make a HDMI connection with an Asus laptop using the same cable without any problems. So it's all pointing towards the Nvidia graphics card imo.

I don't have enough experience to have a preference for manufacturers - though this experience might steer me away from Nvidia.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2016, 7:39 AM

Did you set your Nvidia card as the primary card in your bios? Is your power supply sufficient to fully support your Nvidia card?

I had many Nvidia cards, GTX460, 570 and 580 and never had an issue connecting to my TV.

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CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
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PSU: Corsair 1200W
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Jep wrote on 9/1/2016, 10:04 AM

Did you set your Nvidia card as the primary card in your bios? Is your power supply sufficient to fully support your Nvidia card?

I had many Nvidia cards, GTX460, 570 and 580 and never had an issue connecting to my TV.


Yes, I had the Nvidia set as the primary card. As for the power I presume it is adequate. The PC was built by a well respected company, I doubt they would under-spec such an important component.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2016, 11:01 AM

For a system like yours, you should have a 650-750W power supply as a minimum. How are you connecting the TV to the card? Mini HDMI to HDMI or a DVI to HDMi converter or did you try both already? Have you tried disabling the internal GPU?

I had a 2600K system with a GTX570 and that worked flawless.

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System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/1/2016, 11:25 AM

For a system like yours, you should have a 650-750W power supply as a minimum. How are you connecting the TV to the card? Mini HDMI to HDMI or a DVI to HDMi converter or did you try both already? Have you tried disabling the internal GPU?

I had a 2600K system with a GTX570 and that worked flawless.


I looked it up - power supply is Corsair 650W 650HXUK 80 Plus..

The card has a mini HDMI port which has never worked. Any time I got it working was with a DVI to HDMI converter.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean when you say "disabling the internal GPU" - but I'd be happy to give it a try if you can explain it to me.

Thanks again OldSmoke - I really appreciate your attempts to help.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2016, 12:20 PM

The 3700K has a build in graphic chip, the Intel HD4000. Usually there is a setting in the bios that can enable/disable iGPU as it's usually called.

650W is borderline to be honest. Are you overclocking the system?

The mini HDMI is parallel to the DVI port that is next to it, only one of time will work at a time. The GTX560Ti can support a maximum of two monitors even though it has 3 ports.

If you didn't use the mini HDMI that means you used a DVI-HDMI adaptor, have you tried a different one?

Here seems to be someone with a similar problem http://forums.evga.com/m/tm.aspx?m=1004186

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Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/1/2016, 2:25 PM

The 3700K has a build in graphic chip, the Intel HD4000. Usually there is a setting in the bios that can enable/disable iGPU as it's usually called.

650W is borderline to be honest. Are you overclocking the system?

The mini HDMI is parallel to the DVI port that is next to it, only one of time will work at a time. The GTX560Ti can support a maximum of two monitors even though it has 3 ports.

If you didn't use the mini HDMI that means you used a DVI-HDMI adaptor, have you tried a different one?

Here seems to be someone with a similar problem http://forums.evga.com/m/tm.aspx?m=1004186


Ok. I had a look in the bios and found the setting for Internal Graphics - it was set to Auto. So I tried disabling it and rebooted. Alas no change. I've reset it back to Auto.

I'm not doubting your assesment of the power unit - but I don't really understand how that could interfere with sending a video signal over HDMI. IMO the problem seems to be with detection rather than power. First, when it does decide to detect and make a connection both picture and sound is crystal clear. Second, when it doesn't make a connection I get that error message in the Nvidia control panel saying "This display does not support HDCP as configured". It seems to know that another display is connected but won't shake hands in a HDCP friendly way. By the way the CPU is overclocked. I can't remember by how much. I didn't do it myself - it was all part of the original package.

I have my main monitor hooked up from one of the DVI ports. I haven't used the other DVI port in conjunction with the mini HDMI, so it can't be a conflict between DVI and mini HDMI. I'll see if I can get a different DVI to HDMI adapter tomorrow - worth checking out.

Yep - I've done a lot of googling and found dozens of similar threads. Unfortunately, none of them have a solution that works for me. But it seems a very common theme with Nvidia cards of that era.

I've been talking with the support team from the company that built my PC. They've suggested I remove the graphics card and see if I can make a connection using the onboard graphics. If I can then it would be a firm indication that the Nvidia card is at fault. So I'm going to try that tomorrow - got no energy left in me today. 😊

OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2016, 2:35 PM

They've suggested I remove the graphics card and see if I can make a connection using the onboard graphics.

That sounds like a good idea!

The person in the EVGA forum had obviously issues with the connetor on the card, yours my have a similar issue. I assume there is no more warranty for the card? I have done reflowing on one of my GTX580 cards for a different issue and it worked. Google "reflowing" but it is at your own risk.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/1/2016, 2:49 PM

They've suggested I remove the graphics card and see if I can make a connection using the onboard graphics.

That sounds like a good idea!

The person in the EVGA forum had obviously issues with the connetor on the card, yours my have a similar issue. I assume there is no more warranty for the card? I have done reflowing on one of my GTX580 cards for a different issue and it worked. Google "reflowing" but it is at your own risk.

Waaayyyy beyond my paygrade. LOL!!!

Jep wrote on 9/25/2016, 6:16 PM

OK. A long time since I replied to this thread. Shortly after my last post my TV died. It's taken until now to get a new TV sorted out so that I could finish testing.

Again with the brand new TV I couldn't make a HDMI connection through the Nvidia card. So I pulled the card out and set the bios for the onboard graphics. Bingo!!! My PC detected and connected to my TV immediately. So that's it - the Nvidia card is the problem.

That leads me to another question. Since Vegas does not support GPU rendering in the formats that I use most often (Sony AVC & Main Concept AVC), is there any point in actually having a dedicated graphics card at all? I don't play games or do anything else that is graphics intensive. The only thing I seem to have lost without the graphics card is the Window Aero feature - not a big deal to me. Sorry if that's a very basic question - but I'm not massively tech savy.

I'd be grateful for your views.

TIA

OldSmoke wrote on 9/25/2016, 6:52 PM

The most important feature to me is general GPU acceleration, not just rendering. GPU acceleration is used to process FXs as the are applied, especially during play back but also for processing during rendering just not encoding. If want to improve your timeline playback, get a R9 290X or 380X of eBay, that should more then sifficient for you current CPU.

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System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/25/2016, 7:17 PM

Thanks again for all your input OldSmoke. Both of those cards appear to be PCI 3 from what I can see, so I don't think they'll fit my machine.

Jep wrote on 9/25/2016, 7:52 PM

OK, well I just realised how necessary a graphics card is. I started a render for a project that is 30 minutes in length about 20 minutes ago. It's telling me that there's another 6 hours 20 minutes to complete the render. That would take just a little over an hour with my graphics card installed. 😖

OldSmoke wrote on 9/25/2016, 8:30 PM

PCIe 3.0 is backward compatible with PCIe 2.0. If you want a PCIe 2.0 card only, then HD6970 or GTX580 are the best you can get for your system.

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Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/25/2016, 11:24 PM

PCIe 3.0 is backward compatible with PCIe 2.0. If you want a PCIe 2.0 card only, then HD6970 or GTX580 are the best you can get for your system.


Thanks for the education OldSmoke ☺️

The company that manufactured my machine seems to stock both the R9 290X and the 380X. The 380X seems to come in three different flavours. I've posted links below

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-power-color-radeon-r9-290x-oc-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1030mhz-2816-streams-dp-dvi-hdmi

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-380-itx-compact-oc-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-5600mhz-gddr5-980mhz-gpu-1792-streamsmi

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-380-nitro-itx-compact-oc-pcie-30-(x16)-5800mhz-gddr5-1000mhz-gpu-1792-streams

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-xfx-radeon-r9-380-double-dissipation-black-edition-pcie-30-5800mhz-gddr5-1030mhz-gpu-1792-stream

The R9 290X is considerably more expensive - but regardless of that would you have any thoughts on which one would be best?

Thanks again

 

OldSmoke wrote on 9/26/2016, 10:30 AM

Both 380 are just 380 without an X and that makes it a lot cheaper. I wouldnt buy a new card anyways and rather get one on eBay. We are nnot gamers and will never strech the card to it's max. I also would rather get a branded one, like ASUS or EVGA. Even a R9 290 without the X will be plenty for your current system. The main difference between an X and non X are the stream processors and you want as manya s you can get. Also 4GB DDR5 would be a minimum for me. The next thing to check is memory bandwidth, the higher the better.

One more thing to keep in mind. All these cards will require a good, minimum 750W power supply unit and some are rather long, check if your case can fit those cards.

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System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/26/2016, 5:55 PM

Both 380 are just 380 without an X and that makes it a lot cheaper. I wouldnt buy a new card anyways and rather get one on eBay. We are nnot gamers and will never strech the card to it's max. I also would rather get a branded one, like ASUS or EVGA. Even a R9 290 without the X will be plenty for your current system. The main difference between an X and non X are the stream processors and you want as manya s you can get. Also 4GB DDR5 would be a minimum for me. The next thing to check is memory bandwidth, the higher the better.

One more thing to keep in mind. All these cards will require a good, minimum 750W power supply unit and some are rather long, check if your case can fit those cards.


Thanks OldSmoke.

Ooopps!!! Not sure how I didn't spot the missing X of the 380.

The only advice I won't take is about buying second hand. Generally, I never buy second hand. Firstly because I just don't know what sort of abuse the product has been subjected to, and second if it fails, or worse, if it isn't working when I receive it, there's no warranty and I've got no come-back. So I think I'll be buying from the company that built my PC if possible. Their after sales support is exceptional - they're still giving me telephone support on a system that is just over 4 years old!!! They also very quickly replaced failed Ram and a Bluray burner under warranty no questions asked. So I don't mind forking out a little more shrapnel for that peace of mind.

I can get a new 380X on Amazon, but there seems to be no indication as to who the sellers are, and I've had problems getting defective goods replaced/refunded with Amazon before. So I'm leaning towards the 290X depending on space and power supply requirements. I'm going to talk to Scan tomorrow, and hopefully I can get things wrapped up.

I'll post back with developments. In the meantime sincere thanks for all your help.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/26/2016, 6:38 PM

I bought  quite a few GPUs of eBay, 2 GTX580 and 2 R9 290 because in both cases I wanted a reference design and that wasnt available new anymore. The reason was the EK Waterblock would only fit reference design. I also bought CPUs of eBay and even the two that are now running in my servers for the past 2 years 24/7. I build my own systems since the 386 days. Never bought RAM or other components 2nd hand.

Anyways, it might be tough to get a R9 290X new but 380X should not be an issue.

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/26/2016, 7:23 PM

I bought  quite a few GPUs of eBay, 2 GTX580 and 2 R9 290 because in both cases I wanted a reference design and that wasnt available new anymore. The reason was the EK Waterblock would only fit reference design. I also bought CPUs of eBay and even the two that are now running in my servers for the past 2 years 24/7. I build my own systems since the 386 days. Never bought RAM or other components 2nd hand.

Anyways, it might be tough to get a R9 290X new but 380X should not be an issue.


OK. I hear what you're saying - but you are a lot more experienced than me.

Just a little bit confused - are you saying that the R9 290X posted in the following link isn't really a R9 290X?

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-power-color-radeon-r9-290x-oc-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-1030mhz-2816-streams-dp-dvi-hdmi

Another important point is that I'm not necessarily looking to get a big increase in power/processing. I just want to make sure that whatever card I buy won't degrade the performance when rendering in Vegas. While maybe not the fastest card in the world - I was quite happy with my old GTX 560 Ti - except for the HDMI issue of course.

Thanks again buddy.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/26/2016, 9:32 PM

The card you provided a link for seems to be a genuine 290X based on the amount of stream processors and looks like a reference design card too because of the single cooler. Should be all good for video editing, you will only see short peaks in the 90 over percent load and mostly in the 30-50% if your CPU can load it up fast enough. How is your power supply? Strong enough?

Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)

Jep wrote on 9/26/2016, 10:07 PM

The card you provided a link for seems to be a genuine 290X based on the amount of stream processors and looks like a reference design card too because of the single cooler. Should be all good for video editing, you will only see short peaks in the 90 over percent load and mostly in the 30-50% if your CPU can load it up fast enough. How is your power supply? Strong enough?


Ahh! Thanks so much. I was getting very confused. If you Google "R9 290X" there's a whole range of different looking cards. Some have 1 fan others have 2 or even 3.

I'm not sure about the power. The linked page doesn't give a power supply minimum, but I did see what appears to be the same card from a different manufacturer stating a 600W minimum. Also don't know if I have enough space as the dimensions aren't listed. So I'll have to give them a call tomorrow to check both items. If it fits I'll probably go for it as it has been a real headache for quite a while now. If I need to upgrade power - well I'll have to think about it depending on cost.

Thanks again for sticking with me in my quest. 😏

Jep wrote on 10/8/2016, 8:50 AM

Well the R9 290X arrived last Monday and it turns out the unit was defective. Spent a lot of the week getting help from their support desk, pulling the card in and out, checking bios settings, changing cables etc. etc. - name it and I did it. When I would switch on I got nothing on my monitor - not even the bios splash screen that I normally get when booting up. I don't even think the bios was loading as I couldn't access it by pressing the Del key. Anyway long and the short is they're going to give me a refund which is good - but man I feel completely frazzled!!!

My old GTX560 Ti is now back in my machine - and here's the kicker - it has finally decided to play nice with my TV and I seem (for the moment anyway) to get a reliable connection over HDMI every time I switch either TV or PC on and off.

I have no idea why my old card has suddenly started to work with my TV. My best guess is that having uninstalled the drivers to install the new card I never updated them when I put it back in my machine. Previously I would have kept the Nvidia drivers fully up to date. Currently the drivers are just whatever Windows found when installing new hardware (probably not the most up to date). It might be possible that one of the updates I made along the way was responsible for screwing up the HDMI connection to my TV. Who knows.😶

So thanks again OldSmoke for your help. Even though things went a bit wobbly I really appreciated your input.

OldSmoke wrote on 10/8/2016, 10:45 AM

Jep

I am glad something is working. Did you try each every port on the R9 290X? Sometimes even the HDMI port is the port that is active during boot time. AMD cards aren't very intelligent in this matter and I speak from experience.

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Proud owner of Sony Vegas Pro 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 and now Magix VP15&16.

System Spec.:
Motherboard: ASUS X299 Prime-A

Ram: G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 2666 XMP

CPU: i7-9800x @ 4.6GHz (custom water cooling system)
GPU: 1x AMD Vega Pro Frontier Edition (water cooled)
Hard drives: System Samsung 970Pro NVME, AV-Projects 1TB (4x Intel P7600 512GB VROC), 4x 2.5" Hotswap bays, 1x 3.5" Hotswap Bay, 1x LG BluRay Burner

PSU: Corsair 1200W
Monitor: 2x Dell Ultrasharp U2713HM (2560x1440)