A graphic card issue

[elior]

Hello, I'm upgrading the computer for my graphics performance (heavy work in multiple Photoshop layers and maybe in the future for video editing such as After Effects) and to upgrade my computer to TV connection (at the moment my TV is connected by HDMI/DVI & when there is fast movement in the movie it has little jitter on the TV screen).
Photoshop upgrade will be by adding memory of 8GB Ram and I also thought to upgrade my graphic card.

After multiple tests and comparison of cards between the data of the memory bits and the CUDA I found this gtx660 one:
http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/02G-P4-3061.pdf

this is my current spec:
Intel processor - 3.2GHZ 6MB CORE I5 1155 QUAD
GIGABYTE motherboard - GA-H77-D3H
Toshiba HD - 500GB
CORSAIR RAM - CL9 V CORSAIR 2X4GB DDR3 1600MHZ
FSP power supplies - A.PFC FSP460-60HCN FAN 12CM 460W
and my screenif i'm not mistaken is 23" ‏ Samsung P2350 LCD

My questions are:
Is the system suitable for my specification?
Is it sufficient for my needs?
If not what is recommended? my max budget for the graphic card is 270$...

Tnx
Elior.

 

[Jaydip]

From what I understand you do it as a hobby? because the consumer level cards are really not that great in pro apps.If you gonna make it your profession it will be wise to invest in a i7 and a quadro down the line.For the time being though it is fine.

 

[elior]

I'm going pro just on the photoshop part & not on the After Effects but i cannot afford to invest in the i7...

 

[Jaydip]

Well PS is typically very hard on ram but I belive 8GB is enough for the time(you can easily upgrade it), why dont you scour the FS/T thread, there are always some good deals going on.

 

[elior]

TNX for quick to respond.
You mean to say that the graphic card i'm thinking on buying won't improve anything?

 

[MeldarthX]

which version of photoshop and after effects? this will effect which cards to recommend.....older version Nvidia as cuda was used.

Newer or newest - AMD is just as good as Adobe as moved away from cuda and gone with open cl.....then next is budget.

pro cards are going to run you more as the way the drivers are cert; compared to consumer cards.....

 

[ocre]

TNX for quick to respond.
You mean to say that the graphic card i'm thinking on buying won't improve anything?

When applying effects, It will improve performanc over cpu. Absolutely

 

[Flapdrol1337]

750 Ti seems to have much improved compute performance compared to the 600 cards and keeps the cuda compatibility if your version of photoshop uses that.

Could add even more memory by adding a 16GB kit (think 1155 supports 8GB sticks), 250GB ssd's are close to $100, also worth a look I think.

 

[elior]

I'm using ps cs6.
doesn't the 750 Ti have less memory interface width form the 660 that can make a difference?

 

[Jaydip]

I'm using ps cs6.
doesn't the 750 Ti have less memory interface width form the 660 that can make a difference?

Elior the main problem is we have very few PS benchmarks that run on consumer cards as typically it is considered a pro market.In your shoes I would give Adobe a call and speak with their support and would listen to what are their recommendations.

 

[Flapdrol1337]

In the tests I've seen the 750 Ti beats the 660 in almost every non gaming benchmark. Memory bandwidth might be important for photoshop though, dunno.

See if you can find if cs6 uses cuda, I think they switched to opencl for that one, so you could get an amd card as well, though there was something with after effects or premiere which still needed cuda or something.

 

[MeldarthX]

CS6 was switched to open cl....
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cs6-gpu-faq1.html

Here's a good fact on photoshop.....from Adobe; remember that AMD cards run open cl better than Nvidia;

Now After effects gets a little more interesting.

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/05/gpu-cuda-opengl-features-in-after-effects-cs6.html

so either amd or nvidia will fit your bill; which will you be doing more in is what you have to decide...... Hope this helps.

 

[elior]

TNX for all the answers - u helped me a lot!