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Dan1549
Dan1549
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November 23, 2020
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What would be a good budget GPU for a modest system setup for premiere pro / after effects?

  • November 23, 2020
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My system is using a E5 2670 2.6GHz 8 core CPU, 64GB DDR3 , 500 GB SSD, Win 7 64 pro, it came with a Quadro 5000 someone suggested a GTX 1650 Super  with 4 GB of VRAM.......

 

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    RjL190365
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    November 24, 2020

    What you heard does not apply, in your case. Windows 7 support had already been terminated by Microsoft itself this past January. And all currently available versions of Premiere Pro and After Effects now require Windows 10 just to even run at all. The last version of both programs that were compatible with Windows 7, the 2018 versions, is now no longer officially available anywhere.

     

    In other words, as long as that PC continues to run Windows 7, you're stuck forever.

    Dan1549
    Dan1549Author
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    November 24, 2020

    I can run a duel OS with win 10 so that's not an issue any thoughts as to my question concerning a GPU?   Thanks for input

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    RjL190365
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    November 24, 2020

    Although your CPU has 8 cores and 16 threads, your system's throughput to the GPU will be limited by its PCI-e 2.0 connection. Sandy Bridge EP CPUs still supported only PCI-e 2.0. PCI-e 3.0 is not supported until the advent of the v2 versions of those Xeons (Ivy Bridge EP).

     

    With that said, the GTX 1650 SUPER is a good starting point; however, I would prefer a GTX 1660 SUPER with 6 GB of VRAM if you're going to do 4k frequently. Don't overspend on a higher-end GPU as it will be bottlenecked by the PCI-e 2.0 bandwidth: If anything, the overall performance of that now-eight-year-old 8-core CPU-based PC will be no better than a 5-year-old quad-core CPU-based PC in Premiere Pro given identical GPUs and disks.

     

    The Quadro 5000 is now no longer supported by Adobe at all, except in the super-slow-mo software-only rendering mode, as all support from Nvidia itself for that GPU had ended in January of 2018.

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