[Rudy Galvan]

Thank you very much for the response.

If there were a benchmark on benchmark results, it would be very poor. There are countless examples of where the benchmarks are not reliable, that is why I was leaning towards an AMD card based on actual user input. Just did not know if Nvidia had improved on their later models for OpenCL.

I will take your advice on the 290/290x.

A few more questions:

Is there a particular brand you recommend or one I should stay away from.

Are there any power or heat considerations based on the DIY 11 build.

Thanks Again

[Rudy Galvan]

I am planning on following the DIY 11 build, however I do not know which AMD Radeon GPU I should use for Sony Vegas 13. After doing some research, I found that others recommend the R9 280x. I also found a site that does a OpenCL benchmark test: https://www.hardwareluxx.com/index.php/reviews/hardware/vgacards/32697-xxl-test-nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-and-970-with-maxwell-architecture.html?start=15

The GeForce GTX 970 & 980 test a little better than the Radeon R9 280x.(cost is almost double for Nvidia GPU) Another long article: https://www.gpurendering.com/technology/CudaVsOpencl.html

Basically concluded that the higher end Nvidia GPU’s will give you the best of both worlds, Cuda and OpenCL(I also use Photoshop, which this article notes that it uses Cuda). However, many have said that the Nvidia cards don’t do rendering well on Sony Vegas 13. So are the tests just bogus and don’t reflect the real world application?

Leaning toward AMD GPU since I will be using Vegas much more. Should I consider the Nvidia GPU?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks