[Dave Osbun]

I don’t use any heavy effects on my clips, and I don’t really have any increase in render speed, or decrease in speed, when I render using Mainconcept. My GPU is the Radeon HD 7850, which does have OpenCL support. Not sure what’s in your project, but my render times are basically the same length as my project timeline.

If you choose the GPU render option, doesn’t it sill utilize some of the CPU (this is for others that might chime in on your question)? What’s the CPU in your system?

[Dave Osbun]

What’s the CPU in that system? Is it an i7? If so, is it a Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge chip?

Just curious……

Dave

[Dave Osbun]

I suggest you take a few minutes and search the forum. This question is asked regularly and has been answered many, many times.

[Dave Osbun]

Shawn,
If your previous i5 processor was an Ivy Bridge cpu, you’re not going to get that much improvement in render speeds by going to an i7. Is your new i7 an Ivy Bridge or a Sandy Bridge? The Ivy Bridge cpu’s will give you increased render performance over a Sandy Bridge cpu, but it’s going to be a small amount. If you’re wanting your cpu to give better render performance, you’re going to have to jump up to a newer Intel Xeon processor, but that will necessitate a motherboard switch as well. It’s just not worth the $$$ unless you are doing this for a living.

Just to share some of my system info with you: my system specs are below, in my signature. My renders are sbour 2x the clip length using the MainConcept 1080p for internet render choice (I also crank up the maximum and average bitrates two steps higher than the default), so a 10 minute clip takes around 20 minutes to render. If I leave the default bitrates alone my 10 minute clip renders in about 11 minutes. My final videos do not contain any heavy affects.

I hope this info helps you.

Intel i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.40GHz quad core
Asus P8Z77V-LK
16gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD7850 2gb
Crucial M4 SSD + Seagate Barricuda 7200rpm
Windows 7 Pro 64

[Dave Osbun]

I apologize in advance for not being able to answer your question, but something in your picture caught my attention: the number of icons in your system tray (next to your system clock). Do you know that each icon represents a program that is running (usually partially) in the background of your system, thus using up valuable system resources?

You should only have an icon for your anti-virus/security software. Any other icon is usually not needed. If you disable them all you should easily see faster boot-up times and an overall faster computer. By disabling these at system startup, they will not affect the program they are attached to.

If you wish to disable them (again, leave antivirus running at startup), from your ‘Run’ prompt type: MSCONFIG When the System Configuration window opens, click on the ‘Start Up’ tab. Uncheck everything EXCEPT your antivirus/security software. You still will have your basic icons for system sound and wireless, which will be unaffected.

Then reboot and enjoy your newfound power!

Dave

[Dave Osbun]

I use what John Rofrano suggested- the MainConcept 1080p video for Internet. My YouTube videos look fantastic with the above render choice.

Dave

[Dave Osbun]

You state that this new laptop has the nVidia GTX650m GPU but your list of specs states it has the AMD R9 290 GPU.

The GTX 650m is for laptops (hence the ‘m’ designation), where the R9 290 is a full-length GPU for desktops, and is pretty high-end.

Is this new system a desktop or laptop, and which GPU does the system actually have?

[Dave Osbun]

Are you getting any Windows system sounds out of your speakers, like when the computer boots up, or when viewing YouTube?

[Dave Osbun]

Your only option is to go into the Device Manager and disable the card you don’t want to ‘use’.

Dave

[Dave Osbun]

You’re much better off using an Intel processor. Don’t be fooled by comparing basic on-die specs (clock speed, cache, etc) and saying to yourself “The comparable AMD is so much cheaper!” because you’re not going to get the same performance in regards to video editing.

I highly recommend what John stated above. Put as much money as you can into the CPU and branch out from there.

Dave