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GPU advice on 2 cards for Vegas pro 13
Hi All This is my 1st posting so go easy on me 🙂
After reading loads of forums I have joined this as you guys seem to really know your stuff and I have found the many tutorials really helpful
I have Vegas pro 13 and have been using my old PC but renders are taking forever and I will be getting a ‘new to me’ PC next week and would like some advice on which of 2 Graphics Cards to use in it.
First the spec of my old PC which I built about 7/8 years ago
Core 2 quad Q6700@2.66Ghz
Asus P5N32-E SLI motherboard
8gb DDR 2 RAM
GPU GTX 560ti 1GB
windows 7I did update to this graphics card last year as I do play a game or 2 on it which it is great for.
The spec of the ‘new’ PC is
core 17 3770K @ 3.5Ghz (standard Intel cooler for now but will upgrade if I decide to overclock)
Intel Media Series DH77EB mATX Motherboard
32GB DDR3 RAM
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB
SSD for OS
windows 8I am just a home hobbyist not a professional user but have just done my 1st proper vid of a recent holiday onto a blu ray and am really pleased with it with all menus etc done in DVD architect…you pros would think it rubbish but I am really chuffed with it:)
However it was a very big file, it was all gopro footage at 1080p superwide at 50fps and was nearly 2 hours long so renders were taking many many hours
I am doing it for blu-ray as I think most stuff I do will be for blu-ray and have decided since I seem to like this video editing lark (don’t worry your jobs will always be safe:)) I would update the PC (which will also speed up my Photoshop stuff as I do Astro Photography)
I didn’t think sat in front of the PC for hours…no days…making a video would be enjoyable but I found it actually was 🙂
The render waiting times were NOT enjoyable though!
I have just done loads of runs of JR’s render test (thanks for that resource) and the best figure I got was on the Main Concept AVC Internet HD 1080p (Cuda enabled) with GPU acceleration on, of 38secs (CPU only was 3 mins 08secs so the GTX 560ti makes a HUGE difference)
SO FINALLY what I want to ask is which of the 2 cards will give better performance (render and preview) in my new PC
I don’t mind at all swapping cards and drivers etc as either card will be fine for my gaming needs in the old PC which I am keeping for gaming…I only play older games on it…and websurfing, and my telescope control/sub frame acquisition etc.
The new one will be kept just for best for video/Photoshop editing and I will try not to clutter it up.
I know the GTX 560ti is being utilised well by Vegas as the above results show but have read on this forum that some of the newer 7 series Radeon cards are not as suitable as the older ones so was wondering if anyone had tried a 7850
I would rather avoid all the driver swap routine though if I knew in advance which card would be the best in the new PC.
Sorry for the long post but wanted to give as much detail as poss.
Thanks in advance
Tom
P.S. I can’t seem to find this ‘Red Car’ test I have read about…the links just seem to take me to the Sony Vegas homepage where I can’t find it and google searches don’t seem to point to it.
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21 Replies
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Vegas Pro 12 didn’t take advantage of dual GPU cards and I don’t think Pro 13 is any different.
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Dave I am unsure what you mean?
I am not asking about dual cards??…I am asking which single card to use…did you actually read my post or just the title?
Tom
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Tom, stay with the GTX 560 Ti. The AMD 7000 series cards are not used by the MainConcept encoder, if I remember correctly.
Dave Knarr
Dave – Studio 1 Productions
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Thanks for that Dave…looks like I will be swapping cards over then.
Tom
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if your motherboard has 2 PCIe 16x slots you could have both installed and plug the monitor into the AMD card for gaming and then just select the Nvidia card in the Sony Vegas menu for Graphics adapter….
if the motherboard doesnt you might think about finding a used matx motherboard that does ….
Dell XPS 15″ 9350 i7, 512gb SSD, Nvidia 750m
Intel i7 4770, R9 290, 32gb, 2xRAID0 Intel 240gb SSD, 2x2TB WD Green, 3×23″ Samsung LCDs
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Hi David
Thanks for that and not a bad idea trouble is that would leave me with no graphics card in my old PC which I am keeping.
Was going to just use my ‘new’ PC for the more intensive stuff like Vegas and Photoshop and keep it uncluttered with the bloatware that seems to accumulate.
My old PC will be side by side with it in my ‘observatory/man room’ controlling the telescope and web surfing and playing the not too graphics intensive (but still needing an average card) games I tend to play which it does well, and I can be using it for example while also using the new one.
Tom
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Excuse me for making a mistake. In the future I’ll make sure not to give any input on any of your future posts since you’re such a smart-ass.
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Wow…no need for that…I thought my response was well mannered.
I thought it was pretty clear what I was asking in my post and your reply was nothing to do with my question…that’s all I said but feel free to ignore me if you think I am a ‘smart ass’ I have no problem with that.
Tom
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While you can add as many GPU cards to your PC that the motherboard can handle, it’s a bad idea to mix GPU manufacturers on one PC because you are setting up for possible driver conflicts. If the GPU cards are all from one manufacturer, then you are only installing one driver.
And, yes, your subject line also sounded to me that you were asking about 2 GPU cards on one Vegas machine.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Hi Steve
Thanks for that… Good advice…will only be using one card the new PC arrives today so am looking forward to trying it out.
Annoying that older series cards will work better than newer series cards though. On advice of you and others I will be swapping the GTX 560ti into the new PC and putting it’s Radeon 7850 in the old machine where it will still be fine for games and non video editing stuff.
Yes I agree I could have worded the title better but on reading the text is is clear I was just asking about a choice between using one or other cards hence me thinking Mr Osbun’s response calling me a smart ass was abit OTT.
Thanks Again
Tom
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