Hi Jim had similar questions as you when I got my i3770K 16GB Gskill 2400 ram in an ASUS P8Z77 etc . In the end I got a RADEON HD7750 gpu which I had a deal of trouble getting PD11 to work with it...eventually got it going with no PD11 errors
BUT a comparison Produce speed test soon saw me removing it and relying on my 4000 internal GPU again which produced a 3.8GB file in less than 2 minutes compared to 20 min using the 7750! (Std DVD with Intel QuickSync) Yr requirements are for HDBR , not like mine but as far as I can make out , when the ASUS Bios is set to AUTO for the inbuilt GPU, it uses system RAM
and with 16GB total, it MAY be that yr 4600 might be faster than a separate card! (and yr 4600 might be better than my 4000 as well)
Just a thought. If you are able I would borrow a GTX650 card and do a compare between the two before you buy, or perhaps a suitably equipped group member could do so?
I was surprised that the 7750 2GB ram , which should be accessed simultaneously with system Ram when outputting its internally stored video, wasn't as good as sharing the 4000GPU with system RAM under PD11, but there you are.
I am very happy with my i4000 graphics performance for std DVD production and now wish I hadn't bought an expensive boat anchor
John

Hi John,

Thanks for the info. My son is a Gamer, and I built him a Gamer box a while ago (December 2011). The Gigabyte nVidia GTX-560 was in it originally and is now "surplus" as we got him a GTX-660 replacement last Christmas.

I had read somewhere that a separate video card may not be the right answer for video rendering and these new Intel Chips. Hence the Question.

Maybe I should just test it, but I thought one of the Folks here would have all that well behind them. Regards,

Jim

Asus Z87-A Motherboard - O/C if needed to about 4.6 Ghz.
Intel i7 4770K CPU
16 Gigs Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Ram
OCZ 448 Gig SSD (for OS and related Video Editing Programs)
1 TB, 1.5 TB, and 3 TB Data Drives - Slide in Drawers as needed.
LG's HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 Blu ray Burner
Samsung SH-S223F 16x DVD Burner
Gigabyte GTX 660Ti NVidia Geforce Graphics Card

Hi,
I run Pd11 Ultimate suite on my system which has the Geforce 560ti (gamer card) with not problems for anything I throw at it. My system is i7 2600@3.4Gh and 12 Gb on board memory, and a 1.5Terabyte hard drive as c: drive. If you have a small SSD drive you may have issues as PD uses C: drive for temp files while processing videos, and this may be a hindrance.
Jim Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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Thanks for the tip James. I think I remember that the location for the temp files was configurable. (At least last I checked :roll. Maybe the Admin will chime in and confirm one way or the other.

If the small SSD is an issue, I could put PD11 onto it's own dedicated drive along with Win 7 and only the software needed to make the BluRay Disks => I did this before to avoid conflicts and speed up rendering. It worked well. I have lots of SATA 2 HDs but only the 2 SATA 3 so far.

But I did want to see if I could make it all work. I don't game anymore, and so a 128 Gig C Drive is plenty. My current image is only 55 gigs on a 100 Gig Partition. Regards,

Jim

Asus Z87-A Motherboard - O/C if needed to about 4.6 Ghz.
Intel i7 4770K CPU
16 Gigs Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Ram
OCZ 448 Gig SSD (for OS and related Video Editing Programs)
1 TB, 1.5 TB, and 3 TB Data Drives - Slide in Drawers as needed.
LG's HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 Blu ray Burner
Samsung SH-S223F 16x DVD Burner
Gigabyte GTX 660Ti NVidia Geforce Graphics Card

Hi -Jim-,
The problem with the SSD is to do with using a small drive without a lot of surplus spare capacity. I opted for an SSD in one computer (a good sized SSD) and have noticed how much slower the HDD SATA drives are.

For members:
SSD = Solid State Drives, faster and getting "cheaper"
HDD = Hard Disk Drives, good reliable tech and quick enough for High Def video editing.

Dafydd