A graphics card for my build.

[HC71]

I'm currently looking for a graphics card for video editing, but, I can't find much info regarding this.

I have:

Motherboard: MSI z97 Gaming 5

CPU: I5-4670K (planning to upgrade later)

Ram: 8gb ram ddr3 corsair (will buy more)

SSD: x2 samsung pm871b 128gb

HDD: 2tb Seagate

PSU: Corsair TX750W.

I need help getting a budget graphics card.

Could be Nvida or AMD, whichever helps me the most, and allow me to play some games.

[Peru Bob]

Moved to the Hardware Forum.

[RjL190365]

If you're running Premiere Pro, nVidia CUDA will still outperform OpenCL.

With that out of the way, right now a GTX 1050 Ti, which would have been nicely matched (balance-wise) to your current i5-4670K CPU, still costs more than $200. But sub-$100 GPUs for the most part are so underpowered that they actually degrade the CPU-only performance.

So for the moment, you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.

[HC71]

What if I upgrade CPU (which Im planning to do)?

I'm looking at some 1050s any model would do or amount of GDDR?

[Bill Gehrke]

Can you afford to go to a i7-4790K, it is the fastest processor for that socket and you go from 4-cores nonhyperthreadable to 4-cores with hyperthraading (8-threads) plus much faster clock speeds.

The amount of GDDR5 memory generally depends on the resolution and what format the media you are working on.

[HC71]

I think mostly 1080P. But its always good to be future Proof.

[Peru Bob]

HC71  wrote

future Proof.

There's no such thing.

[RjL190365]

I also second Bill's suggestion for a CPU upgrade. That opens up the possibility of upgrading to higher-end (and thus more expensive) GPUs such as a GTX 1070.

But for a budget GPU after upgrading to an i7- 4790K CPU, I would not recommend going below a 2 GB GTX 1050. (Whereas you might be able to get away with a cheapo GT 1030 if you were to stick with the i5-4670K.)

[HC71]

So... Going for a 1050 or 1050 ti or 960 or 970 were some recommendations from friends. What you guys think would be the best at the moment and keeping in mind the posible CPU upgrade in the next month or two.