Thank you so much for all your inputs!!!
So if I use a 1060 6GB, would using 4K footage on a 1080p timeline help decrease the processing load or would I have to downgrade the footage to 1080p in some other way?
Also, are you sure a 1060 would hold up against Fusion? Though I'll use only a few effects like sharpen, delta keyer etc but still? When I tried on my mac with a ProRes 422 HQ 4K footage, after using fusion there was no playback even with optimized media on quarter resolution proxy mode