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John Greenup
November 4, 2009 at 7:45 pm in reply to: New NLE Computer Build

So, you haven’t specifically seen references:
From Nvidia mentioning that this will help Vegas.

From Sony, mentioning they use a library that this driver will automatically speed up.

Basically, it sounds like it would require a coding change, or at minimum a recompile/link. I’ve heard before that Sony/Vegas seem allergic to platform-dependent changes; if these drivers only work on Nvidia or some subset of Nvidia cards; is it likely Sony will put up the effort? I am guessing “weeks” is probably a pretty aggressive estimate in any case.

192 cores, huh? that’d be nice, though I doubt they are as beefy as the ones in the main CPU. Probably better than a 6502/8088 though, and armies of ants could do great damage. 🙂

John Greenup

November 4, 2009 at 5:21 pm in reply to: New NLE Computer Build

“I’m not so sure Vegas won’t benefit from the graphics cores for much longer, now that the OpenCL drivers from Nvidia have been released.”

What does that mean, exactly? Will adding new drivers make compatible computers be able to go faster because of graphics card use, or do these new drivers only really apply to not-quite-released-yet video cards? Will any changes have to come from sony, or be made to vegas, or will the improvement come automagically?

I currently am agonizing along on a pentium dual-core 3Ghz machine that can’t preview SD material without stuttering along at 5fps or so. I am hoping to get an upgrade for Christmas, but I can’t really afford the kind of computer it sounds like it takes to make Vegas run right. (920+ CPU, 12G mem, 64G SSD+ 1T raid, blu-ray writer, dual video nice, but SLI not necessary) On the other hand, I can’t really afford to play well with HD yet either, so maybe I will be fine.

I have been closely watching, though, to see if there is a technique or software solution or combination of the above to make Vegas cope with life… I have seen people suggest “Cineform” ($100), “Divide Frame” ($100)(32 bit only?), “AVCHD Upshift” ($80), and now this suggestion that there may be a way to get Vegas to use a nice video card? (have to get the right one?)

Obviously the whole mess is a struggle, trying to find the sweet spot between “works poorly” and “costs too much”, (which varies by individual) but what factors seem most important to those most knowledgable out there?

Thanks-
greenup