• VEGAS Pro

  Need GPU Evaluation for Vegas Pro 13 and Beyond

  Posted by Jim Prisby on November 11, 2017 at 9:39 pm

  I have Vegas Pro 13 and am looking to replace my dead Nvidia GTX 570 graphics card. I have seen the recommendation to switch to AMD OpenCL cards. The R9 270/290 cards are expensive to purchase new so I’m looking for another that may be as comparable but cheaper and newer. I found this XFX AMD Radeon RX 570 that looks promising but I’ve seen some comments about the new Radeon technology not performing as well as the old. The specs are below. I’d like to get some comments please also some recommendations for other AMD cards.

  Also, is OpenCL still the best choice for Vegas Pro 15?

  Thanks so much.

  Model Number RX-570P4DBD6
  Product Name AMD Radeon™ RX 570
  Product Description RS BLK ED RX 570 4GB 1286M D5 BP 3xDP HDMI DVI
  Launch Date Apr 18,2017
  UPC Number 778656074408

  Specifications
  Bus Type PCI-E 3.0
  GPU Clock 1286MHz
  Stream Processors 2048
  Memory Bus 256 bit
  Memory Clock 7.0GHz
  Memory Size 4 GB
  Memory Type DDR5
  Card Profile Dual
  Thermal Solution DD Fansink

  Outputs
  Dual link Support Y
  Max Supported Resolution (DIGITAL) 4096 x 2160
  Output – Display Port 3
  Output – HDMI 1
  Output – DL-DVI-D 1

  Technologies
  AMD FreeSync™ 2 technology Y
  Radeon™ Chill Y
  ReLive Capture Y
  DirectX® 12 Y
  Vulkan™ Y
  AMD Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) Y
  Radeon™ Software Y
  AMD CrossFire™ Technology Y
  AMD XConnect™ Ready Y
  AMD Eyefinity Technology Y
  OpenCL™ Support Y
  Polaris Architecture Y
  AMD LiquidVR™ technology Y

  Sony Vegas Pro 13 / DVD Architect Pro
  Boris Continuum Complete 9.0
  Intel 2.67GHz Core2 Quad CPU.
  8 GB RAM
  NVIDIA GForce GTX 570 superclocked
  Windows 10 64bit

  Jim Prisby replied 8 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Aaron Star

  November 12, 2017 at 7:31 pm

  I would check for postings for issue with the polaris line and Vegas. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/vegas-pro-forum/

  Polaris is a significant architecture change, and both drivers and Vegas need to support the changes to get the performance from the system. AMD drivers are always being updated, but Magix is moving much slower with support of AMD GPUs right now. Magix seems to be focusing on Intel quick sync and NVidia GPUs in the latest release of VP15. The most recent versions of Nvidia GPUs seem to support OpenCL better, which is the main thing Vegas Users wanted from their AMD GPU.

  Your core system is getting pretty old to put such a new GPU on it, and it may hold the GPU back. What I would do is upgrade the core system to something that supports PCIe3 x16 slot, and increase your system memory to 16-32GB (4-8GB per core.)
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  Jim Prisby

  November 15, 2017 at 6:00 am

  Thanks, Aaron, for your reply. Sorry for my late response, my backup laptop crashed and I had to find another computer to get back online and continue my search for a new graphics card.

  Yes, I do wish I could upgrade my CPU and other hardware but it’s not financially feasible right now. I am looking to decide on a graphics card to get my system up and running and will eventually build a new system around it. I’ve been looking at tutorials and reviews on YouTube about Vegas Pro 15 and saw that Magix replaced the Mainconcept AVC/ACC with their own as in the photo below. And, they have added the NVENC compatibility. So my questions now are would the Nvidia cards with NVENC provide a faster render using that Magix NVENC encoder than the AMD cards with OpenCL? If so, than the Nvidia may be my choice to purchase. Also, are not the Nvidia cards better with Premier and After Effects which I also own?
  Thanks for your reply.

  

  Sony Vegas Pro 13 / DVD Architect Pro
  Boris Continuum Complete 9.0
  Intel 2.67GHz Core2 Quad CPU.
  8 GB RAM
  NVIDIA GForce GTX 570 superclocked
  Windows 10 64bit

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