The most recent TechGage analysis was here. https://techgage.com/article/magix-vegas-pro-18-processor-graphics-card-performance/

I hope they update it soon as they've done benchmarking of newer AMD and NVIDIA cards since then.

Hopefully they will. It's hard to believe that an RTX 30XX card won't work with Vegas.(But I'm not a tech/spec guy, so a lot of the details are beyond me...)

The 2080 Ti still looks like a good choice. The 30XX cards appear to work in Vegas link and a developer personally recommends the 2080 or 3080.

VP isn't known to be the fastest in adopting new technology. For long what I've seen was burn a lot of CPU, and not do much with RAM or GPU. My next upgrade will be CPU related, if I shall

VP isn't known to be the fastest in adopting new technology. For long what I've seen was burn a lot of CPU, and not do much with RAM or GPU. My next upgrade will be CPU related, if I shall

Yes and no. Vegas does support NVIDIA GPUs, so a faster one is all things equal, faster. No need to wait for adoption. You can see it in the benchmark thread and the TechGage link I posted above. However if the NVENC encoding chip is re-used between generations, rendering won't be faster. If you use GPU enabled Fx or plug-ins like Neat Video that really leverage GPUs, you'll see bigger timeline and rendering performance gains.
Replacing CPUs isn't so easy but for a new build you have a chance to get a fast one that should perform well for years.

This thread is very relevant to my own particular position. My own concerns is the M3 and M4 MoBo pipeline... hmmm.. 🤔.

@Grazie What's your motherboard? Isn't your system quite new? It may already be PCI 4.0. At any rate it will work with 3.0.

This thread suggests the difference today is just a percent or two as there are other more important bottlenecks. I wouldn't worry about it. The builder should be able to confirm the power supply is adequate for the new card, which is more important.

@RogerS - Yes! Hot off of the PRESS: This morning I called my Builder and asked the question. He underlined your comment above. 😃

My 3080 works fine with VP17 for me. Although I don't remember the exact performance for my 1080 previously, the NVENC on the 3080 speeds up my HEVC renders two times as fast compared to just my 8700k alone.

This is all great information!

It's funny, because of the GPU shortage, I feel like I've put WAY too much thought into it. I started at i9 10900K and a 3080, to Ryzen 5900 and a Radeon 6800 to Ryzen & 3080 to Ryzen & 2080 Super, and now back to i9 & 3080.

The learning curve & opinion parade tend to leave my head spinning at times...

I think that, as long as the 3080 and 2080 Super are (on paper) about the same price, it would make more sense to go with the newer technology, if performance (at this time) is about equal in Vegas, but would be noticeable in other apps, like After Effects.

It seems any of those combinations are gonna have a pretty healthy shelf life, and they will certainly (hopefully) be a noticeable improvement over my current i7 8700 / GTX 1060 6G system...

The all AMD kit is the best bang for the buck as far as VEGAS goes. Some apps work better with Nvidia GPUs, but all should benefit from the AMD CPU.

Is that true for AMD, even foregoing QSV decoding? In the link I posted above, VegasPascal stated as his personal opinion:

My private suggestion for video editing is a Intel CPU (for QSV support) and a NVIDIA (2/3)080 RTX (for NVDEC/NVENC support)... and to spread the performance on different devices. QSV and NVENC are stable and supported by VEGAS and all other video editing tools. In our internal tests we see a huge boost by the latest Intel CPU with onboard GPU in combination with NVIDIA.

I'm using a i9-9980hk paired with a RTX 2060 on my laptop, it holds its own ok against my desktop, with a much older Ryzen 7 1800x system with a Radeon VII GPU. I don't think the advantage is big enough to warrant paying that much extra money, and because I shoot 10 bit 4:2:2 video, none of the GPU decoders will work (a limitation of the GPUs themselves, not VEGAS), so raw CPU decoding power is more important to me. I still have to proxy all my 4k video regardless of which system i'm editing on.

IMO swapping-out GPUs is one of the easier upgrades anyone can do.... Therefore, if Vegas is your primary app you can start-out with a more affordable GPU & easily upgrade later if a new Vegas release or one of your other primary apps truly benefits from the pricier GPUs...

As noted elsewhere on these forums I was able to get a 3060 Ti for $400 from Best Buy when they just happened to be available online for a whole 10 minute stretch... IMO it's a good bang/buck for $400 because the performance matches or exceeds anything else out there for $400. I especially think it is a better bang/buck deal than an AMD 5700 XT... Since it is NEW, support should only grow & apps like Vegas MAY show performance gains over the 3xxx vs 2xxx series... If not you've lost nothing because, again, it's as good right now as anything else you will find for $400...

It's GREAT for games like Flight Simulator 2020 & some other NLEs & apps that are already optimized to better-utilize the GPU even though Vegas is not there yet... In Vegas, I got about the same performance on my 9900K system as my VEGA 64 LQ... Because the 3060 Ti has fans, it blocks a PCIe slot that I need, so I returned it & will considering buying a 3xxx GPU when I upgrade a 2nd workstation, likely using a motherboard that does not have the 2nd 16x PCIe slot as close to slot #1...

What I'm NOT going to do is pay $800+ for 3080 or $1400+ for a 3090 that does not show any real Vegas boost at this time... That money can be spent elsewhere & then if & when Vegas does fully support one of these newer GPUs I can just swap-out the GPU... IMO the 3060 Ti will HOLD its resale value a lot longer than the older GPUs, so if & when something faster comes along, you could get most of your money back...

@TheRhino - Understood, except, I’m already being covered for “a” replacement with Labour and parts, so I’m not purchasing anything. 😉

Thanks, guys! This has all been so helpful. I think I am going to go with the 3060 ti (they also are coming out with a 3060 next month - no "Ti" but it will have 16G memory), as it seems that that particular GPU isn't suffering as much of the outrageous price bloat, since it isn't "the one that every body wants" - like the 3080 is.

I'm also probably going to go with the i9 10th gen, as I need the onboard GPU for my fifth monitor. Was thinking about putting my 1060 in the new build for that, but I know running the fifth monitor off of the intel graphics works, and I don't want to deal with tow different cards not liking each other (or what ever other complications might arise). Plus, if the 3060ti actually takes up three slots because of the fan (if that's what TheRhino meant), then I'd have to get an even larger case & MB.