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