Quote I know that my dell laptop is pretty old but is there any easy way to pimp it without buying a complete new one?
... It would really be appreciated if anyone could check my setup and could give me some hints

Best wishes,
Robin

Hi Robin. Well I have some good news! Although your system isn't going to set any speed records, I see several things you can do to improve your editing speed and stability. Here's a list, and my opinion is that you should do ALL of these steps:

1. Go to the Dell update page for your laptop. It looks like you have the latest BIOS installed, but there is a newer (and final) AMD driver for your 7670M.


2. I'm not sure how easy/difficult it might be to install non-Dell drivers for your Intel HD Graphics 4000 iGPU, but you can see if you can install v15.33.47.5059 from Sept 2018 (your current driver is from Oct 2015).


3. Update PD16 to v3424. You're still running v2816.

See if there are any noticeable improvements after installing the updates. You can also try switching between your AMD/Intel GPU, and checking/unchecking the HW acceleration options to see if you can find the best combination for previewing.

You may also want to consider using shadow files and lowering your preview resolution by a step or 2 to help with audio stuttering.

Let us know how this goes!

Quote

Hi Robin. Well I have some good news! Although your system isn't going to set any speed records, I see several things you can do to improve your editing speed and stability. Here's a list, and my opinion is that you should do ALL of these steps:

1. Go to the Dell update page for your laptop. It looks like you have the latest BIOS installed, but there is a newer (and final) AMD driver for your 7670M.


2. I'm not sure how easy/difficult it might be to install non-Dell drivers for your Intel HD Graphics 4000 iGPU, but you can see if you can install v15.33.47.5059 from Sept 2018 (your current driver is from Oct 2015).


3. Update PD16 to v3424. You're still running v2816.

See if there are any noticeable improvements after installing the updates. You can also try switching between your AMD/Intel GPU, and checking/unchecking the HW acceleration options to see if you can find the best combination for previewing.

You may also want to consider using shadow files and lowering your preview resolution by a step or 2 to help with audio stuttering.

Let us know how this goes!

Hi optodata,

thank you very much for you assistance!

I will try it out tomorrow....too tired now for computer stuff...

But one note: my PD version should be 3424, see the pic in the attachment.

How comes the mismatch in the signature of dxdiag...it was created after the update...?

Sure, I will let you know tomorrow!

Have a nice evening / day...

Robin

Quote But one note: my PD version should be 3424, see the pic in the attachment.

How comes the mismatch in the signature of dxdiag...it was created after the update...?

The DxDiag results show the last 10 serious crashes that Windows recorded, but they don't show any dates so I don't know how long ago that crash happened. Since it was logged as v2816, it must have happened before you updated PD16.

So that's one less thing to fix

Hello optodata,

I just updated the drivers now and perhaps the Intel update slightly improved the situation.

But I think I have to face the fact, that my RAM upgrade and the new SSD last year did not completely speed up my system as I hoped..

I mean, if in general, I would at first concentrate on the cuts and later add the transitions, white balancing and fx and just dont care about the stutering system, I could perhaps live with it...more or less..

PD would help me, if there was an overall switch which activates and deactivates all transistions and all adjustments in the pics and videos...but there is nothing like that, right?

But a big thanks to you my dear!

Best wishes,
Rob

Quote But I think I have to face the fact, that my RAM upgrade and the new SSD last year did not completely speed up my system as I hoped..

PD needs more CPU power, and GPU encoding also helps. Your system now boots and programs load much faster with an SSD, and it's more stable and quicker with more RAM. Your improvements certainly did make a difference, just not directly for PD.

Quote I mean, if in general, I would at first concentrate on the cuts and later add the transitions, white balancing and fx and just dont care about the stutering system, I could perhaps live with it...more or less..

PD would help me, if there was an overall switch which activates and deactivates all transistions and all adjustments in the pics and videos...but there is nothing like that, right?

That would be a nice option, to temporarily disable all corrections, etc. when needed. I'm doing a big project with lots of videos that need masking, color correction, lighting adjustments and cropping, and PD was getting bogged down with all of the corrections.

I've found that the best workflow is actually to take the raw clips from my main camera and process them all up front to take care of all of those adjustments. Even though I may only use a few minutes from each 10 minute clip in my finished video, the advantage is that I can make all of the corrections at once, and then let PD run overnight in batch produce mode to give me "perfect" raw clips.

I can then start working on the main project and not have to worry about anything other than putting that video together. The new approach has saved me a lot of extra work and a whole lot of frustration!