Graphics card for After Effects?

Just getting into AE on CC, well. AE full stop, and trying to render 3D is painfully slow, I'm on an IMac 27 inch with
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB
Memory 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Any advice out there dudes, do I need a better graphics card?
Cheers,
Simon

See this for details of how the GPU is (and isn't) used by After Effects:
http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/05/gpu-cuda-opengl-features-in-after-effects-cs6. html
When you say that "trying to render 3D is painfully slow", what exactly do you mean? Using Cinema 4D? Element 3D? The ray-traced 3D renderer?
If it's the last one that you're referring to (the ray-traced 3D renderer), I have to ask why you would be using that.
If it's Cinema 4D, then you need to focus on the CPU, not the GPU.
If it's Element 3D or Zaxwerks plug-ins, then it's OpenGL that you need to focus on.
By the way, if you're "just getting into" After Effects, then 3D is not the place to start. Start here to learn After Effects: http://adobe.ly/AE_basics

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> Would you please help me? I want to buy new system for working with After Effect CS3, I dont want to buy turnkey station, I want to build it myself.
> Is there any good web site that recommends system for After Effect in different prices?( for example what Motherboard, CPU, RAM)
> And what Graphic card should I use to see output in TV.
>
> I appreciate any help in advance.
>
> Regards
> Shahram
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AMD Radeon HD 6770
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
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AMD Radeon HD 7510M
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
AMD Radeon HD 7550M
AMD Radeon HD 7570
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 7670
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
AMD Radeon HD 7750
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
AMD Radeon HD 7770
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
AMD Radeon HD 7850
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
AMD Radeon HD 7870
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
AMD Radeon HD 7950
AMD Radeon HD 7970
AMD Radeon HD 8470
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon HD 8570
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
AMD Radeon HD 8670
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
AMD Radeon HD 8740
AMD Radeon HD 8750M
AMD Radeon HD 8760
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
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AMD Radeon HD 8950
AMD Radeon HD 8970
AMD Radeon HD 7480D
AMD Radeon HD 7540D
AMD Radeon HD 7560D
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AMD FirePro V3900
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AMD FirePro V4900
AMD FirePro W5000
AMD FirePro V5900
AMD FirePro M5950
AMD FirePro M6000
AMD FirePro S7000
AMD FirePro W7000
AMD FirePro V7900
AMD FirePro W8000
AMD FirePro S9000
AMD FirePro W9000
AMD FirePro S10000
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AMD Radeon HD FirePro D300
AMD Radeon HD FirePro D500
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