Solved GTX670 for graphic design & image editing ??

funkyfresh

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I am thinking about getting a better graphics card. I currently have a GeForce 8600GT. I've been running the Win 8 release preview and it is much snappier, more responsive and all round faster than Win 7. There aren't yet Win 8 drivers for my 8600GT (not that there are drivers yet for others that I know of). Whilst I have been running Win 8 Preview my 8600GT has stopped working a few times and the screen gone black or the windows being rendered with the background showing through. So I'm thinking about getting a new card.

I do graphic design and photo editing. It's not that difficult to create large photoshop documents of 1GB+

I have been reading the specs of cards and the GTX670 is one that seems to have a very good spec for the price.

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=02G-P4-2670-KR&family=GeForce 600 Series Family&sw=

The reason I am attracted to this card is because of

2GB memory
6008 MHz memory clock
915 MHz GPU clock

it also has 1344 cuda cores. However I believe this is only relevant to gaming and not image editing. Am I correct here?

Should I buy this card based on the first three specs and just ignore the cuda cores? Or should I buy a card with different cores?

Or is there a different type of card which is better suited to image editing?

Thanks for your help,
 
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Thanks bobkn!

It was interesting to read that link. Although they mention the Quadros quite a lot I think they are generally more appropriate for doing 3d modelling or animation that requires ray tracing.

I've decided to go for the gtx670. Judging from the spec I expect it to blow away my 8600GT!

...and from the price I hope it will last a VERY long time!!! ;)
 

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