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Vegas on i7, Question on Graphic Card?
I am looking at a i7 quad core laptop and need advice on the graphic card. I have read some posts that suggest, you don’t have to use the exact graphics card in the system requirements, is this true? Can you use a lower graphic card and still be able to edit?
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I’m using the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 550 Ti with no issues. Before I purchased SV11 I asked Sony tech for confirmation that it would work. You could do the same if you’re in doubt. The info online is a bit generalized.
JPaul
System Specs: I7 3.8 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem 64 VP 10/11 x64
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Vegas is hardware agnostic, but if you want to take advantage of GPU acceleration, you will need at least the minimum specified by Sony (https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/gpuacceleration)
I avoid ATI/Radeon whenever possible because historically I have had nothing but problems with ATI drivers.
If you are running the driver software that came with on a disk the GPU, then it is surely out of date.
If you use the nVidia “auto scan”, you can get the latest released driver.
https://uk.geforce.com/driversIf you are using a late-model nVidia/GeForce video card, the 285.79-Beta driver appears to fix a lot of problems in Vegas installations.
https://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-64bit-285.79-beta-driver-uk.htmlLet us know how your new system works….
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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[Stephen Mann] “If you are using a late-model nVidia/GeForce video card, the 285.79-Beta driver appears to fix a lot of problems in Vegas installations.”
What problems are you referring to, Steve?
I’ve installed a GTX-570 into client’s HP xw8400 (Win7-64), driver 285.62. The card shows up as available for GPU acceleration in SVP11 and is set so. No perceivable improvement though: preview fps and rendering is exactly the same with GPU acceleration on or off. No amount of tinkering with the project, video and preview settings helped so far.
Sony claimed the card is not supported – that, when they use it themselves for GPU acceleration benchmarks. Mystifying. 🙂
Should I try the beta driver?
Alex (DV411)
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[Alex Gerulaitis] “What problems are you referring to, Steve?”
A few people have seen crashes when they try to use Vegas Pro 11 with GPU acelleration. The beta driver seems to have fixed the problem for many of them.
It can’t hurt to install the driver. You can always roll it back to the latest released version.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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[Stephen Mann] “It can’t hurt to install the driver. You can always roll it back to the latest released version.”
Thanks, will try that.
Alex (DV411)
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