Should I sell my GTX Titan for new R9 290 in video editing rig?

sirs2k on 17/09/2014 - 13:16
Last edited 17/09/2014 - 13:16

Hey guys,

I bought a GTX Titan it still has 18 months warranty for $540AUD
I got it because it was a really cheap buy. Now I do have a couple of serious offers at $650AUD.

I can also buy an R9 290 today for $300AUD

At the moment the only thing I'm using is Premiere pro CC 14. I do a lot of multicam (2-3 cameras) and very simple color correction.
The most important thing for me is playback because I only edit the projects and send them back to the studio where someone else encodes and authors the blurays, that's for now anyway. Perhaps I will take on that hassle sometime in the future.

The work is of RAW DSLR footage mainly. 1080p25 or 50fps and also Sony NX5 which is AVC around 24Mbps at 1080p25.

But I could possibly be taking on the burden of encoding and authoring the blurays soon.

So I'm confused, should I keep the Titan or is it an overkill for what I do and should get the 290?

Computing

Comments

  • jzdhgkd on 17/09/2014 - 15:41
    +1

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Adobe's openCL integration is quite new and potentially not as optimised compared to their CUDA integration.

    I'd say you're better off sticking with the titan, especially considering your current and potential future workload.

  • timcc0208 on 17/09/2014 - 16:10

    Can you please advise where do yo buy those card?

  • OzzyOzbourne on 17/09/2014 - 16:55

    I presume the R9-290 is second hand.

    Sell the Titan and get the new GTX980 in 2 days time, which will wipe the floor with the Titan for about $500-600 AU.

    • [Deactivated] on 18/09/2014 - 10:02

      $500-600 will be the USD landed prices. Add a couple hundred more for Aus.

  • sirs2k on 17/09/2014 - 17:27

    Really? 500-600?
    Nah the 290 is brand new, but I think he was dodgy apparently he will provide invoice to me but not the original proof of purchase. When I called gigabyte they said without that there's no warranty,
    He's on gumtree so be careful

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