Please recommend me a GPU for my workflow

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Please recommend me a GPU for my workflow

PostSun Mar 21, 2021 1:18 am

Hi Everyone.

Recently purchased a Blackmagic Pocket 6K. Stunning footage :) However. It's becoming really clear I need a GPU update.

Could you recommend me one or several GPUs for the following workflow?

I'll shoot in 6K and use that footage in a 4K render so I have a bit more headroom when it comes to image resolution, stabilization and cropping.

I'd be happy to just do some basic color grading, stabilize some shots and then export for editing further down the line. Not looking to use Fusion all that much and I'm not looking to edit a feature film and grade tons of scenes.

I'm hoping to keep the price in the budget range, if that's possible at all, since I've just spent a lot of money on the camera and a nice lens. I'm thinking of GPUs with 8GB

Does anyone have any experience using 6k footage in 4K renders with a lower end/mid range GPU (8gb or a bit more)? Would like to hear your experiences.

Also. Will using optimized media be a good workaround for now? Not sure I really understood if that's useful in this situation. I'm running into GPU error screens all the time :/
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Re: Please recommend me a GPU for my workflow

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Re: Please recommend me a GPU for my workflow

PostMon Mar 22, 2021 6:44 am

A GPU with 8GB VRAM should be OK if you don't need massive temporal effects, like temporal NR or Speed Warp.
I have no problems with 6K BRAW here, but the situation on a PC might be different, since there seem to be more driver issues.

If the machine is not strong enough, try to work in an HD timeline and only set it to UHD before rendering. BRAW itself is not too demanding and its decoding is nicely balanced between CPU und GPU.
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