[RDD337]

How can you tell if the program you are using to play or edit your hi-def videos is using most of the resource from your video card or CPU? Does it say in the box of the software box? Thank you.

 

[Pepster returns]



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Originally Posted by RDD337 /forum/post/18114385


How can you tell if the program you are using to play or edit your hi-def videos is using most of the resource from your video card or CPU? Does it say in the box of the software box? Thank you.

Editing doesn't use the video card much - in fact, some tests have shown that an expensive video card can actually slow the editing process down, due to the CPU overhead to service this card.


Playback - some video cards offer H264 playback assistance.


CPU is everything !! Q - do you want to render your project overnight, or in a couple of hours ? Only to test it, then do it again.... Fastest CPU as possible !!

 

[bigbarney]



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Originally Posted by Pepster returns /forum/post/18117803


Editing doesn't use the video card much -

You keep saying this and you're dead stinking wrong. Do some research before shooting the mouth off.


To the OP:

When purchasing a system for video editing it is important to check the requirements for video cards. Some programs (like Pinnacle Studio for example) MUST have a specific card for high definition editing. It won't work otherwise. Other programs will benefit from a particular card but it's not a must. Then there are still other programs that don't use a video card at all

 

[Shadow_7]

Using a video card encoder requires an operating system that supports it, a device driver that supports it, and a video encoder that will relegate that task to the hardware. And of course you to trust said hardware (optimized for speed, not quality) to render the result you want. The odds are not good that all conditions are met.


A video card helps drastically with playback. It can free up resources, RAM + bus bandwidth. But it's NOT any sort of guarantee that things WILL be better. Basically a video card "MAY" help. A faster CPU "WILL" help.

 

[bigbarney]

Again....


There are programs that need a video card not for final output rendering, but for the processing and rendering of gpu effects on the time line during the edit phase. Programs of this nature will not work without a proper video card REGARDLESS of the size and power of the cpu.


Pinnacle studio is one of these programs... Avid Liquid is another. PP(CS4) doesn't NEED a vid card for time line playback but the new CS5 will.


You need to check the requirements of the program in question because on some programs...a proper vid card will make or break your editing sessions.