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New computer build – extremely slow editing
I humbly request some help.
One of the main purposes of my last build was to do some serious video editing. I use Sony Vegas Pro 12 mostly, but also a bit of After Effects.
Here’s what I have:
GIGABYTE GA-H77-DS3H LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3
SAMSUNG 840 128GB SATA III MLC Internal SSD (OS and programs)
WD 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal HD (media)In the interest of staying in budget, I reused the video card from my last build:
EVGA 512-P3-N975-AR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-Bit GDDR3
For about a month, the speed was what I expected. I could actually watch the previews of my editing before rendering. Rendering times were quicker as well.
The last few videos I’ve been working on have been a nightmare to work on. Videos previews freezing. Vegas unresponsive. Insanely long render times on AE. It’s actually worse than my 5 year old computer used to be.
Could it be related to using the older card? If so, why the slowdown now and not before? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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6 Replies
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Your problem is not hardware related, since you stated the computer ran fine when you first started using it.
It probably has to do with some type of software you have installed, post-build. Or an update to an already installed program (ie- antivirus update).
I’d uninstall any newly installed programs and try again. You might just have to reinstall Windows and start clean.
Or– you have something that’s gone bad, like a RAM module. However, this is highly unlikely.
Dave
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Thanks. I’ll look into that and get back with you.
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Could it be related to using the older card?
Could be, as well as not every component of your new build
may be compatible with each other, there can be a number of
variables.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
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See if you have some system restore points you can use to go back to previous system states. If not, make sure that system restore is enabled, and set to do files too, and to use a big enough chunk of disk to let you go back a ways next time.
Steve
Win7 Pro X64 on Dell T7500, MultiTB SATA, 12GB RAM, nVidia Quadro 2000, Vegas 12, 11, 10, 9 DVDA 6.0 & 5.2(build 135) Sony HDR-CX550V, Panasonic GH3 with LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm / F2.8 ASPH, LUMIX G X VARIO 35-100mm / F2.8
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Not sure what was going on, but the avi file created in After Effects was slowing me down. After I pulled it out of Vegas, things were back to normal.
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Wow, glad you got that sorted out!
Lots of other great formats to render out from AE.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
1-876-461-9019
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