Now that the bitcoin craze is over(ish), the prices have dropped in the last weeks quite significantly. It’s actually not a bad time to buy a video card:
- the Radeon RX580 is hitting £250-300 or GeForce 1060
- GeForce 1070 would be next tier at around £450 - a very future-proof choice
- 1080ti if you have money to burn
I remember AE being somewhat crashy under Win7, haven’t worked with it recently, though.