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64 bit
I’m finding render times very long. A three minute sequence in DVCPROHD 1080i is taking 20 minutes or more to render. I’m looking for ways to speed things up. Here is my current setup:
I’m cutting with PPro CS3 on an HP8400 with 4 gigs of ram, running under Windows XP pro. Would switching to Vista (did I hear buzzer go off?) improve my render? I understand it will allow access to up to 8 gigs of ram.
My company doesn’t support VISTA but I would go to the mattresses if 64 bit processing would improve things.
Any opinions?
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Rendering is CPU dependent, so going to a dual quad core setup (if you are not already there) would improve rendering performance.
I have heard that 64-bit might add 30% to overall performance, but this was a general figure, not specifically regarding rendering.
I have a Matrox Axio and an RTX2 system. These are the only cards on the market that significantly increase rendering and export speed, on my systems maybe 4x the speed of CPU based renders (and I have a very powerful system). MPEG2 encoding just screams, both in HD and SD.
It looks like your system might be on the Matrox certified system list, so it might be an easy upgrade.
If you are editing 720P (1280×720), save your money, and go for an RTX2 LE at under $1,000. If you need 1920×1080 and HDSDI, check out the Axio LE. Performance boost is similar between the two cards.
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