Geoforce GTX 980, enable OpenCL technology AND/OR neither/either PD Preferences

Ignacio Puerta

Newbie Joined: Jun 04, 2016 17:48 Messages: 9 Offline

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Jun 07, 2016 21:06

Hello all,

I recently replaced my 5 years old PC with a Windows 10 based PC running an Intel i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ, 15.92 GB RAM (usable) with a NVIDIA GeoForce GTX 980 video card.

I would love to hear experiences you may have while changing the PD 14 HARDWARE ACCELERATION PREFERENCES by enabling/disabling the two possible options.

I have been playing for a while with these options on both a small and a large clip. Although this is not a 'test' I cannot see any difference.

Any feedback?

Thanks!

Ignacio

SoNic67

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 27, 2014 14:14 Messages: 1308 Offline

Jun 08, 2016 05:32

Definitely Enable that option, you wasted money on a video card if not. But note - that option is usefull only for editing phase (speed) when using GPU-capable effects.

You will have another option to activate the hardware encoding at the "Produce" stage - but only for output formats H264 or H265 (any resolution).
For video editing, the GTX980 doesn't have the best encoder because it was released earlier.
nVidia improved that encoder (it's a separate piece of hardware on the chip, called NVENC) on the newer GTX 960 and GTX 950 (and got some extra speed in the 1000 series).
So a GTX 960 is better for video editing than the 980. And a GTX 1070 probably is best if you plan to encode video on H265-10bit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_NVENC

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Ignacio Puerta

Newbie Joined: Jun 04, 2016 17:48 Messages: 9 Offline

Jun 08, 2016 11:15

Hello,

SoNic67, glad to read you again.

Sorry for being so illiterate but, just to be sure, BOTH options should be ENABLED?

While editing, which effects are GPS-capable in PD?

Do you really notice the difference OR, this is something that can be tested with special software such as used in PC labs.

Do you think there a mismatch between the processor and the video card, meaning too powerful of a video card for such a limited processor or vice-versa?

Thanks!

Ignacio

kmjk333

Member Joined: Feb 16, 2016 02:23 Messages: 93 Offline

Jun 08, 2016 12:24

What is the video you are editing?

SoNic67

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 27, 2014 14:14 Messages: 1308 Offline

Jun 08, 2016 18:24

Yes, just enable both. There is nothing to gain is you leave them disabled.

As for which ones are GPU capable... see the pic. Can you guess?


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Ignacio Puerta

Newbie Joined: Jun 04, 2016 17:48 Messages: 9 Offline

Jun 08, 2016 19:03

aha! thanks Sherlock!

kmjk333

Member Joined: Feb 16, 2016 02:23 Messages: 93 Offline

Jun 11, 2016 04:05

Quote: Hello all,

I recently replaced my 5 years old PC with a Windows 10 based PC running an Intel i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHZ, 15.92 GB RAM (usable) with a NVIDIA GeoForce GTX 980 video card.

I would love to hear experiences you may have while changing the PD 14 HARDWARE ACCELERATION PREFERENCES by enabling/disabling the two possible options.

I have been playing for a while with these options on both a small and a large clip. Although this is not a 'test' I cannot see any difference.

Any feedback?

Thanks!

Ignacio

when disabled, my CPU does most of the stress on my system. When my 980 is enabled, the GPU does the work (140F/60C, and the CPU is taking a nap (15-25% usage)

A difference? I always enabled hardware doing 4K gaming video's