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[Malcolm Matusky] “All my monitors (3) are in Card 1, and card 2 is just for graphics acceleration.”
Malcom, I wonder if the card that is used to drive the displays is really used at maximum. If I am to guess, a plain GTX750 would provide the same 4 display capability.
Just for curiosity, if you run GPU-Z while working on the project, what is the GPU load and Video Engine load for the card that drives the monitors?
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For monitoring, I use GPU-Z:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ -
They support “NVIDIA Surround™ with up to Four Monitors”:
https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/features -
As for SSD, sure, I have a 240GB in my system. Helps with faster boot times, faster loading of programs, but for video editing are useless… They will just wear out really quick.
A RAID0 area from 2 HDD is a much better option.
I am using the intel ICH10R embedded in my motherboard and if fairly fast – but it takes a fast CPU to maximize the performance, since is host-based. -
[Mark Barton] “GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB”
That Fermi card is good choice, a must for MainConcept encoders to work. I have a GTX480 modded in Quadro 6000.
[Mark Barton] “Intel Core i7-970 Gulftown 6-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1366”
That’s similar to what I have too in a Dell T3500 – the Xeon X5650 variant of your i7.
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Awesome results – from 3.33 to 4GHz!
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GT630M is not supported by MainConcept:
https://www.mainconcept.com/products/sdks/gpu-acceleration-sdk/cuda-h264avc.html#product_page-5Get a desktop and a Fermi series card. Laptops are not meant to do video editing…
Also, delete all those k-like and shark codecs… they are just confusing Vegas.
I would uninstall the ‘free’ codecs and re-install Vegas to be sure that correct codecs are in place. -
Fermi cards are plenty on eBay, cheap. Nothing wrong with an used Fermi card. I think that newer ATI don’t work in MainConcept either…
https://www.mainconcept.com/products/sdks/gpu-acceleration-sdk/opencltm-h264avc.html#product_page-5
AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics
6900 Series (6970, 6950)*, 6800 Series (6870, 6850)*
ATI Radeon™ HD Graphics
5900 Series (5970)**
5800 Series (5870, 5850, 5830)*
5700 Series (5770, 5750), 5600 Series (5670), 5500 Series (5570)
ATI FirePro™ Graphics
V8800*, V7800
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MainConcept does not support newer nVidia cards, based on Kepler (and Maxwell) generation.
See here: https://www.mainconcept.com/products/sdks/gpu-acceleration-sdk/cuda-h264avc.html#product_page-5
“Boards with Kepler architecture are not supported.”
Your GT 720 is based on Kepler.Look on eBay for a Fermi generation card. I am using now a GTX480 modded in Quadro 6000, have used previously a Quadro 600 and Quadro 2000 with success, I think that a GTS450-GTX480 should work too.
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[Malcolm Matusky] “My board is an Asus P6X58D-E LGA 1366 socket; Intel® X58/ICH10R chipset.”
Malcom, my PC is a Dell T3500 with a six-core, 12 threads processor. It’s CPU is a LGA1366 Xeon X5650 (on the same X58/ICH10R chipset) – those CPU are pretty cheap on eBay. You can go all the way up to X5690 (higher frequency, higher price).
Basically they are the Extreme versions of your i7, and it seems that they work perfectly on your board:
https://www.overclock.net/t/753235/xeon-e5620-on-p6x58d-eI would get that upgrade, for the money, it is still a great performer.