Considering the GTX 1060 GPU - 3GB vs. 6GB?
I know that 6GB will generally perform better than the 3GB GPU, but cost wise...it's astronomical for me to pay an extra $100.00 to outfit my A10-7800 CPU/FM2+ MOBO with the 6GB GPU. Is it worth ...
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@igazor: I just went to this article: http://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/videoediting to see if they can answer my question; am waiting to hear back from them.
Yeah, evidently with 4K video editing I'm going to have to put processing power (ie: CPU) as the primary contender in what I purchase - for video rendering in 4K, it's the number of cores that will determine the speed in which the video renders at. Considering that they recommend the 14-core i9-7940X (BWA HA HA HA HA; yeah...where am I going to get the "simoleons" for that kind of CPU? The CPU retails at $1,499.99CDN :neutral: ) I think I'm just going to stick with the six core i7-7800X. It doesn't offer any noticeable difference between the four-cored i7-7700K but it has the two extra cores that will work overtime to render video faster. It'll do the job sufficiently for what I need it to do with Premiere Pro and After Effects even though it may be overkill for "gaming" so at least NOW I have a baseline on what I need to look at. Since I'm not using Scalable Link Interface - (two or more gaming cards linked to produce greater processing power); it's not necessary for me to go 1080ti (Spending $1200.00 to 12GB of VRAM with two 1080ti cards.
So basically my benchmark for the system I need is the video editing task and I've determined it to be the i7-7800X for CPU. I guess the flipping the coin is that do I spend the money up front to go with a GTX1080ti...and future proof my system for what it's worth as far as gaming is because the 1080ti will work as well for video and photo editing as will the 1060...with the VRAM helping with some aspects of rendering...and darn it... I know it will work for Sims 3...(at least), so yeah.
So final decision: I might as well overkill the specs for my current gaming situation. That way, then I know it will definitively work for my 4K video editing.
The reason why I'm researching the living daylights out of this is because at one point in my life (during my early 20s during the early 90s) I paid more money than I should have in getting a 486 DX2/66 which I could use...costliest mistake of my life. I spent $10K on the system (for it to run Photoshop 2.0; link to Vancouver's Real Estate Board and play games on - I wanted to play Falcon 4.0) I'm not making that same mistake again.
Yeah, evidently with 4K video editing I'm going to have to put processing power (ie: CPU) as the primary contender in what I purchase - for video rendering in 4K, it's the number of cores that will determine the speed in which the video renders at. Considering that they recommend the 14-core i9-7940X (BWA HA HA HA HA; yeah...where am I going to get the "simoleons" for that kind of CPU? The CPU retails at $1,499.99CDN :neutral: ) I think I'm just going to stick with the six core i7-7800X. It doesn't offer any noticeable difference between the four-cored i7-7700K but it has the two extra cores that will work overtime to render video faster. It'll do the job sufficiently for what I need it to do with Premiere Pro and After Effects even though it may be overkill for "gaming" so at least NOW I have a baseline on what I need to look at. Since I'm not using Scalable Link Interface - (two or more gaming cards linked to produce greater processing power); it's not necessary for me to go 1080ti (Spending $1200.00 to 12GB of VRAM with two 1080ti cards.
So basically my benchmark for the system I need is the video editing task and I've determined it to be the i7-7800X for CPU. I guess the flipping the coin is that do I spend the money up front to go with a GTX1080ti...and future proof my system for what it's worth as far as gaming is because the 1080ti will work as well for video and photo editing as will the 1060...with the VRAM helping with some aspects of rendering...and darn it... I know it will work for Sims 3...(at least), so yeah.
So final decision: I might as well overkill the specs for my current gaming situation. That way, then I know it will definitively work for my 4K video editing.
The reason why I'm researching the living daylights out of this is because at one point in my life (during my early 20s during the early 90s) I paid more money than I should have in getting a 486 DX2/66 which I could use...costliest mistake of my life. I spent $10K on the system (for it to run Photoshop 2.0; link to Vancouver's Real Estate Board and play games on - I wanted to play Falcon 4.0) I'm not making that same mistake again.
