2013 iMac GPU for video editing

[snapdragonx]

Hi all,

I realise the 775M vs 780M question has been asked a lot, and I've done plenty of research. I understand the in benchmarks, the 780M performs a lot better than the 775M.

But my question is this. I'm buying the iMac primarily for video editing, so would the 780M really make much difference when it comes to rendering etc?

Any info appreciated

 

[comatory]

Hi all,

I realise the 775M vs 780M question has been asked a lot, and I've done plenty of research. I understand the in benchmarks, the 780M performs a lot better than the 775M.

But my question is this. I'm buying the iMac primarily for video editing, so would the 780M really make much difference when it comes to rendering etc?

Any info appreciated

no

 

[Perilla]

For certain programs, absolutely. For instance, Blackmagic's Davinci Resolve relies heavily on VRAM and I believe the requirement on the lite (free) version is 1GB VRAM.

On most other NLEs, I never found myself even getting close to filling up my VRAM (monitoring with istat menus).

That extra 2GB could mean a lot in a few years, especially as NLEs are looking to take more advantage of GPUs as CPUs have pretty much stalled out.

 

[snapdragonx]

For certain programs, absolutely. For instance, Blackmagic's Davinci Resolve relies heavily on VRAM and I believe the requirement on the lite (free) version is 1GB VRAM.

On most other NLEs, I never found myself even getting close to filling up my VRAM (monitoring with istat menus).

That extra 2GB could mean a lot in a few years, especially as NLEs are looking to take more advantage of GPUs as CPUs have pretty much stalled out.

Thanks for that, appreciate the feedback.

I just went ahead and made the order. I decided to go with the 780M, and the i7 and 256GB SSD.

Cheers.