First of all, for 4K 10bit HDR you need a connection via Display Port.
HDMI 2.0 cannot support in RBG mode that high of bandwidth (only in reduced bandwidth Y′CbCr 4:2:2) and video cards with HDMI 2.1... are not out yet. Your CAD/CAM software works better with RGB output.
So your card has to offer that DP output. And the monitor should have that input too. In
DP 1.4a version as minimum.
Also, for CAD/CAM software, usually the software producer recommends Quadro cards. I did run som etests on my production workstations (AutoCAD and Revit) and even if on paper the GeForce cards were perfect to use... they were not as fast as a "lowly" Quadro. Everyone keeps saying that they should be better, but testing shows something else.
Crippled drivers? Don't know...
A Quadro P620 works wonders in my Autodesk software on a 4K 10 bit monitor. I also have a GTX1080 in the same PC case, so I can switch to it for some gaming, but in Autodesk I use the Quadro.
For editing with PowerDirector you don't need super expensive cards, because the hardware decoder/encoder is mostly the same in a given generation of cards.
See this matrix that shows the capabilities of various cards:
https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-decode-gpu-support-matrix
Personally I would look into GeForce GTX 1660 just to use with PowerDirector. But I am not sure what is your CAD/CAm software supporting.
Depending on your actual software needs, maybe the best option is a Quardo RTX 4000. It's about $880 now, on sale (newegg or Amazon).
It's video decoder/encoder has all the possible codecs for video editing.
Lastly... why you are taking videos at 25 and 50Hz? All the modern TV's are just big tablets, like a phone or like a PC monitor. The native frequency for this age is 60Hz. There is no more analog TV, no more PAL, NTSC or SECAM... Why still keep that convention?
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