Thanks for the info Jeff!. I think I'll heed your advice.
I'm in no real hurry, it's just that my little laptop here does struggle with running PD when I throw a lot of stuff and efx in the timelines, and from what I understand, it's my current graphics card (which can't be upgraded), that is the main factor in the sluggish performance and lockups/crashes.
If you hear any breaking news on the GPU encoding, I'd sure appreciate a heads up. Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
-CP-
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