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Question About Nvidia Cards
I’m sure this is going to sound like a really stupid question (and maybe it is), but I’m looking over the system requirements for CS5.5 and CS6 and trying to figure out if either version will work with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 645 video card.
I know it might not be the ideal set-up and that the GPU acceleration might not be possible, but will the program run reasonably well? And would it be able to handle footage from a Rebel T3i? The computer has 8gb DDR3 memory, an intel i3 processor, and it’s running Windows 7.
I don’t want to set myself up for choppy playback and frequent crashes. This is all a whole new world to me at this point.
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I don’t think the graphics card will be a problem. Check out a very informative article on what cards you can get to work and how to force your card to be available to PPRO. https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm
The only potential bottle neck that I see is the processor. The graphics card doesn’t help with the decoding of the video during playback, that’s all done by the processor. I used an i5 in my old system without any trouble, but I don’t know how well an i3 will work. I would imagine that if you turn the resolution down on in the program monitor you could use your system. Someone that has ran PPRO on a i3 system would be more informative here.
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We currently have a system running on a 3rd generation i3 processor with limited issues. We use it mainly to dub off material to tape decks.
With that said I don’t know if I would be doing any intense editing on it.
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The H.264 files from the Canon camera are likely to be the biggest potential issue as they are fairly heavily compressed and so quite Processor-intense.
Ultimately, you need to do a test with a few layers and effects on a timeline to see how effectively it plays back.
If that system does struggle, one trick I often use is to convert H.264 files to Cineform codec using the free Go Pro software. This codec tends to play back much more smoothly on most systems, albeit with the caveat of having to convert the footage prior to editing.
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Thanks everyone. This is all incredibly helpful. All things considered, it looks like investing in a new computer with a better processor might be a good starting point.
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