<p>Those are all very similar in terms of performance. I'd take the EVGA GeForce GTX 970, but other people will tell you something else.</p>

<p>One recommendation: Samsung SSDs are severely overpriced. People still buy them because Samsung has a good reputation (basically it's the same as buying a Mac for no other reason than 'all the graphics people have one'), but you won't notice any difference in any aspect between a Samsung and, say, a Crucial SSD. I recently bought the Crucial BX100 and I'm very content with it. Same price, but twice as much storage capacity.</p>

<p>Also, if you're getting a good GPU anyway, I would consider something like the lntel XEON E3-1231V3 over the i7 CPU, since you don't really need the inbuilt graphics unit of the latter. </p>

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<p>I have decided to buy a new pc for short videos rendering in after effects. I dont have a big budget, it's around 1000$.</p>

<p>This is the thing i thought to buy, but i'm not really sure about graphic card.</p>

<ul>
<li>CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz</li>
<li>Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3</li>
<li>Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory </li>
<li>Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB </li>
<li>Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB </li>
<li>Video Card: <em>EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB</em>, <em>GAINWARD 3361-BLISS GTX970 4GB GDDR5</em> or <em>GTX970 G1 Gaming Gigabyte</em></li>
</ul>

<p>Which graphics card is more suitable for After Effects?</p>

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Which graphic card to buy
Alex P.
# Which graphic card to buy

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-24)

I have decided to buy a new pc for short videos rendering in after effects. I dont have a big budget, it's around 1000$.

This is the thing i thought to buy, but i'm not really sure about graphic card.

* CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz
* Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3
* Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
* Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
* Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
* Video Card: *EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB*, *GAINWARD 3361-BLISS GTX970 4GB GDDR5* or *GTX970 G1 Gaming Gigabyte*

Which graphics card is more suitable for After Effects?

**Tags:** video, after-effects, hardware


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-10-24. Score: 2

Those are all very similar in terms of performance. I'd take the EVGA GeForce GTX 970, but other people will tell you something else.

One recommendation: Samsung SSDs are severely overpriced. People still buy them because Samsung has a good reputation (basically it's the same as buying a Mac for no other reason than 'all the graphics people have one'), but you won't notice any difference in any aspect between a Samsung and, say, a Crucial SSD. I recently bought the Crucial BX100 and I'm very content with it. Same price, but twice as much storage capacity.

Also, if you're getting a good GPU anyway, I would consider something like the lntel XEON E3-1231V3 over the i7 CPU, since you don't really need the inbuilt graphics unit of the latter.


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