25/02/2026 3:20 pm
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Hey everyone! I am finally looking to upgrade my workstation because my current setup is really struggling with my latest projects. I have been shooting a lot of 4K 10-bit footage on my Sony A7SIII, and my old GTX 1060 just cannot keep up anymore. I am seeing a ton of lag during playback, especially when I add a few Lumetri color layers or transitions.
I have a budget of about $700 and I am torn between a few options:
- RTX 4070 Ti Super
- RTX 3080 used
- A higher-end Radeon card
I really need smooth scrubbing and faster export times for my freelance work. Does anyone have recommendations on which GPU offers the best performance for the price specifically for Premiere Pro?
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25/02/2026 3:20 pm
Grab the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12GB GDDR6X. It fits your budget perfectly and those dual AV1 encoders are total game changers for scrubbing through 10-bit A7SIII footage, tbh.
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25/02/2026 3:56 pm
Stick with Nvidia for CUDA stability. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB GDDR6X is worth the stretch because that extra VRAM prevents those annoying out-of-memory errors on long exports.
