[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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[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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[David Norman]

I will double check ram preview and run it again a little later today.

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[David Norman]

with older CPU and motherboards I did all my overclocking in the bios with extensive stress testing and such…. I started with the Opteron 140 CPU on the Socket 939 🙂

but with the newer motherboards the software “auto” overclocking is so good and simple there is not a reason to do it the old way.

but like any short cut it is important to understand the concept behind the shortcut.

I used the “fast” overclock function and not the “extreme”

I am using the Corsair H100i with 4 fans in push/pull configuration for CPU cooling and it does an okay job…. I cant OC as far as the CPU will go because the massive heat dumb the 3930k is…

I am pulling 450w at the wall measured by my UPS (With my LCDs attached as well)

I learned everything I know about OCing at [H]ardforum back in the early 2000’s

I remember using a graphite pencil to bridge the laser cut traces on celeron CPUs 🙂

PM me if you want/need help with OCing

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[David Norman]

okay I ran the test video from John and here are my results.

Timeline playback with GPU on/off was at 29.97fps best full

Sony AVC internet 1080 30p CPU = 00:15
Sony AVC internet 1080 30p GPU = 00:15

MainConcept AVC CPU = 00:26
MainConcept AVC GPU = 00:26

but I didnt see much GPU utilization.

Interesting that in John’s post he has the opposite results in terms of codecs and speed. His showed MainConcept being much faster than Sony’s

something else is different here. john has the 3930k in his rig ans was posting render times around 1:00

I have it set on best full and know how to enable and disable GPU acceleration in the timeline as well as in the render as screen.

hmm….

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[David Norman]

thanks for the link and ill run the test tomorrow afternoon. I did just buy a 290x tri-x to see if i can get a little more eyefinity gaming performance but i dont think it will really do much for render times. That wont be in my possession until the end of the week

My aerial stuff was shot on a handful of custom built rigs…. some quads, some Y6’s and a flax hex. I havent flown in about a year (since my son was born)…. i am looking at getting a DJI prebuilt for ease and flying a gopro… I enjoyed building and learning about rc stuff but i just dont have the same amount of time.

thanks for the compliments and ill post results tomorrow

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[David Norman]

Okay i got my 3930k rig built and working tonight with the R9 290 and I am rendering one of my wedding videos that is 10 mins long with 1080p 24fps high bit rate content.

If i render it with the mainconcept codec 1080p internet video 30p it pegs the CPU at 100% and uses no GPU. Render time is about 20 mins.

If i render it in the AVC Blu-Ray 16Mbps 24fps it is going to take about 11 mins. This is on par with the XVAC codec with similar bit-rate.

It is only using 60% of the CPU and fluctuates between 16%-70% GPU activity….. and 19gb of RAM 🙂

SSDs are not the bottleneck… I think the hardware is faster than the codec’s implementation with Sony Vegas here. I see no bottleneck and it isnt pegging the GPU or CPU….. disk read/writes are negligible and given that i am reading from a intel 520 SSD and writing to another intel 520 SSD I know that isnt the issue…

ill try and find that other file you are talking about and post my results here…. it isnt going to be until Monday night or Tuesday. It is my anniversary on Saturday and I will not be in town

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[David Norman]

rather than the super expensive Xeon line you might look into the 4930k or the soon to be released Haswell-E parts on the x99 motherboards.

less expensive with similar horse power. They OC well. I just finished a 3930 6 core build that runs at 3.2 GHZ stock and I OCed it to 4.5 ghz (unlocked multiplier makes it easy) and I am seeing about 30-40% decrease in render times with the same project from my 4 core i7 3770 CPU.

Same GPU, same RAM

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[David Norman]

I have the 290 in my 3770 i7 rig and I will need to use that specific codec to render for you. ill try later tonight. For most renders for things like YouTube i use CPU only for the fastest results… GPU acceleration works for transitions, supported video effects and 3rd party plugins… most of my edits dont have much of those to be honest.

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[David Norman]

if your motherboard has 2 PCIe 16x slots you could have both installed and plug the monitor into the AMD card for gaming and then just select the Nvidia card in the Sony Vegas menu for Graphics adapter….

if the motherboard doesnt you might think about finding a used matx motherboard that does ….

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