Radeon R9 290 video card and Vegas Pro 13

[David Norman]

okay I just did “default all” in the preferences to make sure everything is back to stock…

MainConcept 1080p CPU = 1:11
MainConcept 1080p GPU (OCed) = 00:23
MainConcept 1080p GPU = 00:26

Sony AVC CPU = 0.58
Sony AVC GPU (OCed) = 00:15
Sony AVC GPU (OCed) = 00:15

Both done on best full
Timeline playback CPU = 00.617 fps
Timeline playback GPU = 29.970 fps

So you are right, i must have had a ram preview stored or something that was being used in the other tests.

thanks for helping me figure that out. Nice to see the R9 290 actually does something 🙂

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[John Rofrano]

[David Norman] “Nice to see the R9 290 actually does something :)”

Yea, and those are interesting result because it seems to indicate that MainConcept AVC is taking advantage of your GPU. That’s not what I expected but that’s a really pleasant surprise.

~jr

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[David Norman]

Yeah it definitely did. Was very clearly. I did it multiple times with even a restart in between just to double check

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[Jeff Bauer]

Very interesting. Thank you David for taking the time to get these results!! Glad to see that a current video card can actually make a difference on all of the CODEC’s.

Would it also be fair to conclude that having a powerful processor and lots of RAM reduces the importance of the GPU? Or are the results too dependent on the video being processed to draw any conclusions along those lines?

Jeff

[David Norman]

From my experience it really depends on your edits.

This test had GPU accelerated effects in the whole clip, something I generally don’t have.

I might have 1-3 GPU accelerated transitions or effects

I am finishing a wedding video and I have 0 GPU ade pendant clips.

I notice no difference in render times or timeline playback with GPU enabled/disabled.

This is why I moved from my 3770 to a 3930 for 6 cores, which makes a huge difference (about 30% faster on renders)

Someone else can chime in, but bottom line is the more 3rd party plugins you use with GPU effects the most valuable a GPU is

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[John Rofrano]

[David Norman] “Someone else can chime in, but bottom line is the more 3rd party plugins you use with GPU effects the most valuable a GPU is”

Absolutely! All of my edits get color graded so I always have at least Levels, Color Corrector, and Color Curves for the duration of the timeline, so GPU acceleration is very important to me.

~jr

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[David Norman]

yeah i am showing my ignorance… i know all my stuff should be color graded as well….. just need to put the time in to learn how and why to do it.

good point!

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[John Rofrano]

[David Norman] ” just need to put the time in to learn how and why to do it.”

If you open your video scopes and view the waveform monitor, you’ll notice that all cameras shoot out of range. So you place Sony Levels on the track and adjust it to bring the lumanence between 0 – 100. Then you noticed that by doing this, the picture looks washed out so you add Sony Color Curves with a gentle “S” curve to slightly crush the blacks and whites and give it more contrast and a “film like” gamma response. Finally you realize that it’s missing a little saturation so you insert Sony Color Corrector in between the two and boost the saturation just a bit. Now it looks more like what you are use to seeing on TV. So Levels -> Color Corrector -> Color Curves are a preset chain that I always apply and adjust as needed on all my projects to give them the look I want. It makes the image “pop”. 😉

~jr

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[David Norman]

Thanks! I will definitely use this while attempting to grade!

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[David Norman]

just installed the 290x and it is basically the same results in this particular test. All GPU scores are within 1 second of the 290. I havent OCed the 290x yet so we might see some minor gains.

It is possible that with longer content the different would be magnified.

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