Video Card: HD5770 or GTX 740

[PrinceMS]

I have an ivy bridge system. I3770 (nonK). 16gb ram.
I am rocking 550ti in it right now. It's fast enough it randomly crashes fcpx.

Looking to replace it. I prefer nVidia 740 because it doesn't require PSU power and seems to be more future proof.

AMD HD 5770 Is troublesome to setup with new 10.10 OSX? But also super stable. Also provide, maximum final cut pro x hardware acceleration (nVidia hnot optimized for FCP X)
This I am getting $30-$40

Gt 740 is for about $140 CAD

My requirement is stability above all. Only use is FCPX and Media browsing. (No games)

What do you recommend?

PS: I only have one 6 pin available from PSU to video card.

 

[alex37751]

Graphics card benchmarks

Observed Cinebench scores ( Higher is better ).

Nvidia Geforce GTX 980...................................( OpenGL 149fps ) ( CPU 824cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan.................................( OpenGL 126fps ) ( CPU 811cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 780...................................( OpenGL 122fps ) ( CPU 802cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970...................................( OpenGL 114fps ) ( CPU 573cb )
AMD Radeon R9 290x......................................( OpenGL 112fps ) ( CPU 812cb )
iMac 2014 5K AMD Radeon R9 M295x................( OpenGL 105fps ) ( CPU 781cb )
AMD Radeon R9 280........................................( OpenGL 94fps ) ( CPU 560cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 650ti……….........................…( OpenGL 89fps ) (CPU 1056cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 750ti..................................( OpenGL 85fps ) ( CPU 637cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 760....................................( OpenGL 82fps ) ( CPU 581cb )
Nvidia Geforce GT 740......................................( OpenGL 79fps ) ( CPU 206cb )
AMD Radeon R9 270.........................................( OpenGL 78fps ) ( CPU 240cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 960....................................( OpenGL 73fps ) ( CPU 914cb )
Mac Pro 2014 Dual AMD FirePro D300 ................( OpenGL 73fps ) ( CPU 736cb )
AMD Radeon R7 260x….................................……( OpenGL 73fps ) ( CPU 337cb )
Nvidia Geforce GTX 745....................................( OpenGL 72fps ) ( CPU 463cb )
Mac mini 2014 Intel HD 5000 graphics.................( OpenGL 23fps ) ( CPU 228cb )
Intel-i3, Haswell HD 4600 graphics....................( OpenGL 22fps ) ( CPU 213cb )
Nvidia Geforce GT 610 ....................................( OpenGL 16fps ) ( CPU 338cb )



Nvidia Geforce GT 610 Graphics card benchmarks out twice better/higher than Intel HD 4000 graphics and better than an Intel i5 graphics. I just used the 610 because it was inexpensive and it has all the ports ( VGA, DVI, HDMI ). Plug and play for OS-X and MS-Windows. The AMD R9 280 appears to be the best value budget video card judging by it's performance specs. However I was able to create and render this video just fine with the Nvidia Geforce GT 610 and can run dual monitors just fine at 1080p. Movie play back in Blu-ray or standard DVD works fine.

 

[Going Bald]

I have an ivy bridge system. I3770 (nonK). 16gb ram.
I am rocking 550ti in it right now. It's fast enough it randomly crashes fcpx.

Looking to replace it. I prefer nVidia 740 because it doesn't require PSU power and seems to be more future proof.

AMD HD 5770 Is troublesome to setup with new 10.10 OSX? But also super stable. Also provide, maximum final cut pro x hardware acceleration (nVidia hnot optimized for FCP X)
This I am getting $30-$40

Gt 740 is for about $140 CAD

My requirement is stability above all. Only use is FCPX and Media browsing. (No games)

What do you recommend?

PS: I only have one 6 pin available from PSU to video card.

For FCPX use the HD5770. Works OoB with no additional drivers needed. Been using one since 10.6.8 and am now on latest 10.10.4. Card is 6 years old and still going strong.