graphics card

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January 15, 2022
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Good evening!!! I am a young graphic designer in progress and I want your help in terms of information because I have a hard time making the decision !!! I am building a computer and I would like you to tell me please what graphics card to put so that I do not have any issues with the programs that I will subscribe to shortly !!!

The computer will have the following:

Amd cpu ryzen 7 3800x

Corsair ram dimm xms4 kit 2×8 gb cmk16gx4m2b3200c16
Samsung ssd m.2 name pci-e 500gb mz- v8v500bw series 980Evo

Asrock mb b450m pro4-f r2.0
Bequiet plus system power 9 600w bn24

The programs I want to use are the following:

Photoshop

audition

after effects

premiere

dimention

bridge

xd

in design

Character Animator

dreamweaver

illustrator

lightroom classic

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RjL190365

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You will need multiple upgrades to that PC. The problem with having only 16 GB total of RAM is that performance will be slower and weaker than that 3800X is capable of because all modern memory controllers always work better with four banks (ranks) of memory than with only two banks of memory. (Do not confuse banks/ranks with sticks of memory as one stick of memory may have either one bank or two banks of memory, and all recent 8 GB DIMMs have only one bank apiece.) With only 16 GB total of RAM on only two banks, the memory controller will not achieve the optimal memory interleaving performance. In fact, with only two 8 GB sticks performance (even in dual-channel mode) on such a newer CPU will be almost as bad as if you had only a single 16 GB stick of RAM that's running in single-channel-only mode.

Worse, current GPU prices are still very expensive right now due to both the COVID-related shipping and availability issues and the still-elevated demand for GPUs for cryptocurrency mining. As a result, the only GPUs that are well-matched to the relative performance of your planned CPU will cost close to, if not more than, $1000 USD at current street pricing. All cheaper GPUs will be underpowered, sometimes severely, compared to your CPU. If that GPU is way underpowered, corruption on renders and exports may occur, especially when enough GPU-accelerated effects are utilized.

Given the circumstances, I would add two more 8 GB sticks of RAM (or order the system with two 16 GB sticks of RAM instead of two 8 GB sticks of RAM), bringing the total to 32 GB of RAM. With 32 GB, you will have a full four banks of memory installed in your system for optimal CPU performance. Then, my suggestion afterwards of either a GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER or a GeForce RTX 2060 (SUPER or non-SUPER) will be a compromise between budget and performance. Anything lesser will bottleneck your CPU.

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thanks so much for the reply! very useful tips!
what is preferable for the programs I want to use 1660 super 6g or rtx 3050 8g aero?

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RjL190365

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Performance-wise, both of them are about equal. However, I would recommend the RTX 3050 of the two as it has a bit more VRAM than the GTX 1660S (not to mention that the RTX 3050 is newer and likely to be supported longer going forward).