GPU load 40%. I should upgrade CPU or GPU?

[Cuongmmo]

Hi everyone,

I'm user the VGA GTX 960 2GB.

CPU i7 6700.

Ram 48GB.

When I render Premiere with an Adobe Encoder, the GPU load is around ~ 40%.

If I replace the VGA with the gtx 1070 ti, does that improve the rendering speed? Or should I upgrade the CPU better.

I'm active CUDA Nvida.

Thanks.

P/s: Sorry my english not good.

[RjL190365 · Accepted solution]

It depends on your particular workflow. If your GPU load is that high without performing any scaling (e.g. downsizing HD to SD resolution), then that GPU will likely get choked (the GPU load gets pegged at or near 100% while the CPU hardly reaches even 50%) when you do such downscaling. You may want to upgrade to a GTX 1060 6GB or a GTX 1070 (non-Ti) for that CPU if such downscaling is a significant part of your workflow.

On the other hand, if neither the GPU nor the CPU reaches anywhere near 100% during that same render job, then something else is bottlenecking your system.