Not certain what type of PC you use but with an i5 or i7 Intel or compatible PC, 4 Gb is plenty. For the GPU 1 Gb is the minimum, typically. Win 10, i7

The minimum, it's 6G for 64bit systems, where did you learn it was 4G?

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/requirements_en_US.html

Which of my three questions lead you to believe I was looking for the incorrect MINIMUM?

Hall9000;
I have read all of your posts here. Now..not the 1000's that the senior Contributors have assisted in just the first set of yours, as a newbie member. Already you are "winning hearts and minds".

Before you participate further, please provide the basic information that has been requested:

1. The Version/build of PD9 you are using
2. A copy of the DXDiag file for your machine (32 and 64bit versions)
See this post for instructions: http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page

Which of my three questions lead you to believe I was looking for the incorrect MINIMUM?

Until you provide the information requested...please stop ruminating.

If you are unsure of what I request...read the posts at the beginning of the forum. The Senior contributors waste entirely too much time on people who are unwilling to provide necessary information.

This isn't a DEBATE club! If you come here for helpful answers...adjust your tone and many here will scramble to help you

Your fellow PD9 Users...

In other words...

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Quote: Given a system with 64bit Windows 7 and 64 bit PD9,

In your experience, is there a memory ceiling?
If Windows was maxed out (192G) would Win7 offer it to PD9, and would PD9 use it?
Will it place it's temp or shadow files in memory?
Rephrased, What's the practical ceiling for system memory?

Is GPU memory important (size, discreet etc.) for video? (not graphics, not gaming, not 3D)

With a tight budget, would you lean toward system memory or GPU (discreet) memory?

In your experience, is there a memory ceiling? Yes, what your MB can handle

If Windows was maxed out (192G) would Win7 offer it to PD9, Yes if 64bit Win7 as you stated and would PD9 use it? NO, not for the typical timeline editing complexity most users would have. You only need enough memory to handle your timeline, additional tons more memory not utilized.

Will it place it's temp or shadow files in memory? No, on a high end system one would typically turn shadow files off anyhow

Rephrased, What's the practical ceiling for system memory? Make sure PD has ~4-6GB available to it for most typical timelines. So depending on what other stuff you have running on the box, 8GB of physical memory could be adequate. If you plan very complex timelines with full HD in all 100 tracks, or if you have lots of memory resident utilities using significant amount of memory, you will have trouble with 8GB physical.

Is GPU memory important (size, discreet etc.) for video? (not graphics, not gaming, not 3D) On a high end card, 1GB or 2GB is not the game changer for PD, GPU memory not as important as GPU cores, more stream cores and higher core clock speed, much better performance

With a tight budget, would you lean toward system memory or GPU (discreet) memory? The memory question here to me is a poor question. I think your question is intended to maybe ask CPU or GPU benefits for a tight budget. That really depends on what format your input is and what format you desire for output. GPU and CPU encoding may not be the same quality so it depends on your eye too.

Jeff

Ohhhhhhhhhhh SNAP! LOL.

You do catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar Hal.
Help us to help you and do as Fred says. Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

Oh Cranston, you the man, just loved that. My youtube channel====> http://www.youtube.com/user/relate2?feature=mhsn

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/15/16522.page#92442
I looked up Hal's posts. Not a good start.

Now members, please ease back and allow Hal the space and time to consider.

thank you.

Hearing all this talk of fast processors really makes me jealous. I run PD on a Windows XP 504mb of RAM, 2.53GHz of CPU 64 mb max graphics memory.

ClancM, you don't RUN PD on that system, you WALK it! HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
Nvidia GTX 960(4GB)/16GB DDR3/
Canon Vixia HV30/HF-M40/HF-M41/HF-G20/Olympus E-PL5.
Tape capture using 6 VCR, TBC-1000, Elite BVP4+, Sony D8 camcorder with TBC.
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You are exactly right Barry!