[Derek Charles]

Are those prices in US where I am though?, most are under 400 USD. Making sure you saw the chart – More cores isn’t always better if they’re slow.

Faster cores > more slower cores sometimes, hence the benchmark results?

Thanks

[Derek Charles]

[Derek Charles]

Hey, I greatly appreciate the help so far!

I’ve been doing research and had some additional follow-up questions:

1. With the Ryzen recommendations, in the attached benchmark it looks like Intel is the better performer especially in the $400 USD price point and below or am I missing something?
Do the E-cores within some of these current Intel CPUs matter in Resolve? I’m assuming DVR and Fusion will take advantage of them properly.

2. How about the IGPU on some of the Intel CPUs and Quick Sync? Does DVR utilize Quick Sync in a beneficial way compared to the latest Ryzen CPUs, which lack any onboard graphics?

3. As for the RAM topic, I believe I read that the price-to-performance of DDR5 is not quite there yet compared to DDR4. Guessing there’s not a huge boost yet in DVR/Fusion/etc. going with
DDR5 today over DDR4? If I can, I’m looking to get a 64GB 3600MHz CL18 DDR4 (2x32GB) kit for only ~$10-20 USD more than a 32GB DDR4 kit and over a more expensive 32GB DDR5 kit.
Unfortunately, DDR5 motherboards look to still carry a price premium over DDR4 boards as of right now too.

4. How efficiently are dedicated GPUs leveraged in the DVR suite? Is it true that Nvidia and its CUDA cores are preferred over AMD GPUs here?

Any thoughts on a great value previous generation Nvidia GTX/RTX card that would work well? Current graphics card prices esp from Nvidia are becoming laughable.
Is VRAM capacity crucial in the DVR suite for a 4K workflow?

[Derek Charles]

Hey, I greatly appreciate the help so far!

I’ve been doing research and had some additional follow-up questions:

1. With the Ryzen recommendations, in the attached benchmark it looks like Intel is the better performer especially in the $400 USD price point and below or am I missing something?
Do the E-cores within some of these current Intel CPUs matter in Resolve? I’m assuming DVR and Fusion will take advantage of them properly.

2. How about the IGPU on some of the Intel CPUs and Quick Sync? Does DVR utilize Quick Sync in a beneficial way compared to the latest Ryzen CPUs, which lack any onboard graphics?

3. As for the RAM topic, I believe I read that the price-to-performance of DDR5 is not quite there yet compared to DDR4. Guessing there’s not a huge boost yet in DVR/Fusion/etc. going with
DDR5 today over DDR4? If I can, I’m looking to get a 64GB 3600MHz CL18 DDR4 (2x32GB) kit for only ~$10-20 USD more than a 32GB DDR4 kit and over a more expensive 32GB DDR5 kit.
Unfortunately, DDR5 motherboards look to still carry a price premium over DDR4 boards as of right now too.

4. How efficiently are dedicated GPUs leveraged in the DVR suite? Is it true that Nvidia and its CUDA cores are preferred over AMD GPUs here?

Any thoughts on a great value previous generation Nvidia GTX/RTX card that would work well? Current graphics card prices esp from Nvidia are becoming laughable.
Is VRAM capacity crucial in the DVR suite for a 4K workflow?

[Derek Charles]

My Reuired tasks are – color correction/grading on hours of clips with mixed audio tracks. Weddings, concerts, events… So besides LUTs I’m not doing any motion graphics, effects or whatever else… I should probably start that when I get this more capable computer… I need render times down. My current laptop always overnight renders. for a 30-50 minute file ~4gb would take 8+ hours to render.

I shoot with a Sony A7iii XAVC-S codec 24p 4k but my next camera will be the Sony A7Siii and that will shoot 60p in 4k at a high bitrate. I always edit and deliver on a 1080p timeline though.

I shared your replies above to a friend and they replied

“Puget say Intel has better performance overall right now. GPU acceleration is probably important if supported. and 32GB is minimum but I think I can find good deal on 64GB as long as motherboard will support that much. Storage is very important for workflow and scratch disk”

Again, touching on all these subjects for me would be a huge help. Also, I do process astrophotography stacking as well, if that matters.

Thanks!

[Derek Charles]

My Reuired tasks are – color correction/grading on hours of clips with mixed audio tracks. Weddings, concerts, events… So besides LUTs I’m not doing any motion graphics, effects or whatever else… I should probably start that when I get this more capable computer… I need render times down. My current laptop always overnight renders. for a 30-50 minute file ~4gb would take 8+ hours to render.

I shoot with a Sony A7iii XAVC-S codec 24p 4k but my next camera will be the Sony A7Siii and that will shoot 60p in 4k at a high bitrate. I always edit and deliver on a 1080p timeline though.

I shared your replies above to a friend and they replied

“Puget say Intel has better performance overall right now. GPU acceleration is probably important if supported. and 32GB is minimum but I think I can find good deal on 64GB as long as motherboard will support that much. Storage is very important for workflow and scratch disk”

Again, touching on all these subjects for me would be a huge help. Also, I do process astrophotography stacking as well, if that matters.

Thanks!

[Derek Charles]

My Required tasks are – color correction/grading on hours of clips with mixed audio tracks. Weddings, concerts, events… So besides LUTs I’m not doing any motion graphics, effects or whatever else… I should probably start that when I get this more capable computer… I need render times down. My current laptop always overnight renders. for a 30-50 minute file ~4gb would take 8+ hours to render.

I shoot with a Sony A7iii XAVC-S codec 24p 4k but my next camera will be the Sony A7Siii and that will shoot 60p in 4k at a high bitrate. I always edit and deliver on a 1080p timeline though.

I shared your replies above to a friend and they replied

“Puget say Intel has better performance overall right now. GPU acceleration is probably important if supported. and 32GB is minimum but I think I can find good deal on 64GB as long as motherboard will support that much. Storage is very important for workflow and scratch disk”

Again, touching on all these subjects for me would be a huge help. Also, I do process astrophotography stacking as well, if that matters.

Thanks!

[Derek Charles]

Thanks again! I’ve made another thread about the specific parts for my needs. –

[Derek Charles]

I’m sticking with Vegas, I’m trying to put together a PC on my own. I’m having trouble purchasing some items – out of stock or they are raised prices. I have the sub $1,000 budget for something handling 4k 60p footage in Vegas, and fast Lightroom and Photoshop. What are the best bangs for my buck right now?

So far I’ve bought the
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core, 12-Thread,
RAM, I have G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600

What about an X570 motherboard? power supply? Graphics card?

Thanks!

[Derek Charles]

Thanks Oliver –

I never knew about Vegas Effects and it being like Adobe After Effects (I’ve never used) but figured I would in the future when I get into more involved graphics and editing.

That being said, I’m sticking with Vegas, I’m trying to put together a PC on my own. I’m having trouble purchasing some items – out of stock or they are raised prices. I have the sub $1,000 budget for something handling 4k 60p footage in Vegas, and fast Lightroom and Photoshop. What are the best bangs for my buck right now?

So far I’ve bought the
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core, 12-Thread,
I saw that you mentioned Intel Xeon or Core i9 processor as well though.
RAM, I have G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600

What about an X570 motherboard? power supply? Graphics card?

Thanks!