However, if you're rocking a 2019 Mac Pro tower and are looking to upgrade your graphics card, AMD is your only option for macOS. Consequently, we can't recommend an AMD graphics card for PC video editing. AMD's cards are consistently slower than their Nvidia counterparts for video editing, with even the latest RX 68 XT models falling short of equivalently priced Nvidia cards in most editing workloads. So far, we've focused purely on Nvidia, and there's a reason for that.
Like almost all graphics cards, various board manufacturers make their own variants of the GTX 1660 Super, and unless you're gunning for every last frame-per-second in gaming performance, spending extra on a factory overclocked version isn't worth it.īeing more of an entry-level graphics card, it's also possible to find the GTX 1660 Super with a physically shorter board design, making it suitable to fit in smaller PC cases, though usually the cooling heatsink and fan assembly will still require the space of two expansion bays in your motherboard. That said, with 'only' 6GB of video RAM on board, higher performance cards will have a more significant edge if you're editing 8K and high frame rate 4K footage. Video export speeds will be 10-20% slower than more exotic GeForce RTX-series cards, but then the 1660 Super should be at least half the price, so we're talking great value overall.
And the GeForce GTX 1660 Super has a lot to offer at an affordable price. Short on cash? The good news is that a decent graphics card for video editing doesn't have to break the bank.