advice on buying a new GPU?

[Bruce Brent]

Randy, no where does this MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT MECH OC Graphics Card show it can handle 4K. Remember: “you get what you pay for.”

Try doing a search for a GPU that DOES handle 4K, as a start, then compare those GPU’s and their price. Lastly, read reviews of the GPU’s you’ve chosen to compare with.

That’s my 2¢

Good luck and report back as to your choice and why so others can learn from your quest.

[James Ollick]

At this time Radeon is not supported in VP17. Radeon was supported in all previous versions. The Vegas team is working on it and they hope to support Radeon GPUs again soon. I have a RX580 and am happy with it. I also have an Intel i9 9900k processor which has UHD Graphics 630 built in a that works well for the video processing I do. I do not do 4k, just standard HD.

James Ollick

[Willie Bobo]

I asked a sales rep and he said “It will render any edits you tell it to, regardless of resolution.”
I’m pretty sure he’s right according to the specs.
My question is, does VP 17 work better with Nvidia or AMD cards or does it matter nowadays (as I recall 12 preferred Nvidia.)
Thanks,
Randy

Vegas Pro 17
i7-3770 3.10ghz 4 core
32 GB RAM

[Willie Bobo]

That’s the info I needed, thanks all!
It probably also explains why my renders have been so slow with Vegas Pro 17…I’m currently running AMD.

i7-3770 3.10ghz 4 core
32 GB RAM

[Willie Bobo]

Any opinions on this card?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1517469-REG/asus_ph_gtx1660s_o6g_phoenix_geforce_gtx_1660.html

Vegas Pro 17
i7-3770 3.10ghz 4 core
32 GB RAM

[Wayne Waag]

One piece of advice. Whatever you decide upon, make sure that your vendor will accept returns if you’re not satisfied. Some very well known vendors now have a policy of “replacement for defects only”. In other words, if it doesn’t work in your system, it’s your tough luck. Just a suggestion.

wwaag

[Willie Bobo]

Good advice…I bought one yesterday from BH Photo which has very good customer service/return policy.
The Nvidia card I bought has 3X the memory and much faster than my old card…which was AMD (which James mentioned doesn’t play well with VP 17 anyway) so I hope to see a big difference.
Thanks for everyone’s help!
Randy

Vegas Pro 17
i7-3770 3.10ghz 4 core
32 GB RAM

[Edoardo Lambertenghi]

[James Ollick] “At this time Radeon is not supported in VP17”
Radeon is supported, at least the encoding part (AMD VCE)