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PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Thanks xerox. Do most PD users use AMD or nVidia cards? So in your case the HD 7870 would be a good choice for me?
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Ok, probably going for a ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DCII or Gigabyte GTX 660.

Does PD11 work better with AMD or nVidia or doesn't it matter?

Cheers,

Harry
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Quote: Hi,
I run an I7 processor as in my signature, with a Geforce 560ti 1GB graphics card and the latest Nvidia drivers and have no problems


Thanks
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
The GTX 660 is around 200 euro's.
I use mp4 as output format so i can benefit from these cards.
I'm not using much enhancements.

BTW, will the editing in PD11 also increase with a faster graphics card? Sometimes it's very slow when editing video files or when previewing in HD etc.
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Quote: Here is a graphics card hierarchy chart. It lets you compare Nvidia vs. AMD/ATI to give you a rough idea or what performance levels from each brand are similar.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Here's another performance chart from Passmark that gives some idea of overall graphics power. You can search for your card and you'll quickly find the HD5450 is a dinosaur in terms of what is available now:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html


Ok, clear. Thanks for the overviews.
The GeForce GTX 660 Ti and GTX 660 can be good options.
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Would something like a GTX 650 be a good video card?

GTX 660 and Radeon HD7850 are quickly over 200 euro's which gets expensive quickly. I would consider these if there are advantages to buy them. If a GTX 650 is good enough I'll get one of these. Any specifics I need to look at? For instance there are Superclock 1GB and Superclock 2Gb versions?

Also an SSD drive good for video source files? Or just a 2TB 7200RPM Seagate Barracuda or something?

Thanks!
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Quote: No doubt that HD5450 is way underpowered. It's classed as a mid-range card and it is only in the middle of the pack there, which means it is not suited for anything more than general purpose use (not video editing).

Your processor and memory are fine.

To improve your disks, you could utilize the new SSD drives or a modern RAID array, but what you already have will work. Put your operating system on C drive. Change your temp files to be an a drive other than where the operating system is.

When doing editing, your source files should be on a different drive than your output file destination for best performance so it is not having to read from the same drive it is trying to write to as it is rendering.

Without a lot more information, though, it is your video card holding your back right now.


Ok, already thought the HD5450 was underpowered. Thanks to point that out!
What would be a good graphics card that would give a great performance with hardware acceleration and that would last for a couple of years?

As mentioned I'm currently using three drives. C: for OS/Program files - P: for projects music and video - S: for samples. The S: drive also contains the system paging file. I had the source files and the output destination both on P: so I could start by moving the sources to S: temporarily.

I'm considering buying a new HD for my videos only. So the video projects and destination files can still be on the P: disk but all the video files will be moved say to a new V: drive. Should I store the Autosave files to P: or V: then?

Thanks!

PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Here's the dxdiag.txt file. Doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the display settings.

I'm still interested to hear what graphics card(s) and harddisk types (speed, size etc.) give great results with PD11 in your opinion?

Thanks,

Harry
PowerDirector (previous versions) » How to increase performance? » Go to message
Dear PD forum members,

I'm using PD11 and I'm currently not satisfied with the performance I'm getting. I experience slow editing and sometimes crashes too which I'd like to get rid of. I have a PC with the following setup:

Intel i7 2600k - Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
Radeon HD5450 - 16Gb DDR3-1600 Memory
RME Fireface 400 - Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits SP1 - Cubase 7.01 (32/64)

I think that my harddisks (I have 3 HD for Windows/programs, projects and one for audio samples) might be too slow and that I need to get a faster video card? Somehow I also can't hardware accelerate when producing videos.

Concrete questions:

- What should I upgrade to get a better performance working in PD?
- What is an often used graphics card that is highly recommended for PD work?
- What is the influence of harddisk and memory size and speed on editing in PD?
- How do you work to optimize performance? I produce music and I've always used a system where programs and windows are on C: - projects (music audio files and with PD also video files) are on a secondary drive, audio samples which are fixed on a third drive.
Might it be good to get an extra fast drive of say 2TB for video only? What are your experience to get the best performance?

Thanks a lot for your replies!

Cheers,

Harry
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