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- Asus Rampage VI Extreme X299
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- i9-7900X
- Graphics
- RX 6950 XT
shauncron said:crap, i was planning on upgrading to a gtx680 when mountain lion came out. But now your saying that wouldnt be a very good card for video editing on mac.
I currently have a 6870 card. I figured the gtx680 would perform significantly better
No that's not quite what I said.
First, you need to look at the software you will be using. That is what will determine what if anything will help/work.
It may or may not even support ANY GPU acceleration. If it does, then you need to check what works well with it. Some use OpenCL, some use CUDA (nvidia only), some have their own interface.
IF all you are doing is video editing and NO 3D modeling/rendering/effects/overlays, etc... A 6XX card will work fine. Video editing is not a task that requires double precision math, which is where the 6XX cards SUCK.
If you want to do anything involving 3D stuff, then you don't want a 6XX card. Since 3D work is definitely double precision math.
Though many of the 3D packages can use multiple cards to assist with rendering. So you could have both a 6XX and a 5XX.