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Which GPU for FCPx 4k editing?

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Which GPU do you recommend, for editing 4k videos in FCPx, to use on my dual booth (Sierra 10.12.4, Win 10) hackintosh (mobo z170-hd3, i7 6700k, ram 32gb)? I can't decied between Radeon XFX 280x 3GB, XFX RX480 8GB or some NVIDIA ‘Pascal’ based graphics card. I need full acceleration, best bang for the buck and easy to install on OSX and Win. Thanks for your help! :thumbup:
 
I would say you should stick with the RX 480 or a 1070. Obviously the RX 480 will perform better in FCP-X, but the 1070 is a better card overall. Here on another forum a user posted Pascal BruceX times, and even the 1080Ti does worse than the RX 480 (Around 15 secs with background rendering, 26secs without).

I believe the 280x will do worse than the RX 480, but it will be more optimized and likely easier to get up and running with.


**Please note - Ive been researching this stuff for a week so I don't know what I am talking about :confused:
 
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