CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

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CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostSat Oct 16, 2021 12:29 am

Hello. I'm new to DR and really enjoy what I've learned about it so far. I would like to upgrade the computer some, but have a somewhat limited budget. The question is should I upgrade the CPU first or the memory first. I edit one 40-60min. simple video once a week. Occasionally I will edit a more complex video (more tracks, more effects, etc). Any advice would be appreciated.

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DDR4-2400 2*8GB (16 total)
Radeon RX 570 4GB RAM
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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostSat Oct 16, 2021 6:29 am

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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostSat Oct 16, 2021 7:34 am

What are your sources? If they are in H.264 or H.265, I'd upgrade to Studio Resolve first.
The rest will be fine for HD timelines.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostSat Oct 16, 2021 3:06 pm

GPU, I had a gtx 1650 with 4gb of VRAM and my existence was painful. Constant 'Out of Vram Errors'. Exporting to 4k was impossible.

I couldn't find a benchmark for the old model you have but for current gen;

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/artic ... Vega-1213/

and two Gens ago;

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/artic ... Vega-1213/
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PostSat Oct 16, 2021 6:06 pm

4 GB of VRAM is not enough for 4K. Bu the TO didn't mention 4K.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostSun Oct 17, 2021 1:53 am

Thanks for the responses. As of right now I don't do hardly any 4k stuff. I had thought about upgrading the graphics card but for now the lack of availability and ridiculous prices on what one can find have put that on the back burner.

As far as upgrading to the studio version, what would be the benefit of that over hardware upgrades.

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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostSun Oct 17, 2021 6:37 am

The benefit would be hardware decoding and encoding of many H.264/265 formats under Windows.
Since you don't tell us about your sources, just figure it out with Nvidia's matrixes.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostTue Oct 19, 2021 2:19 am

Uli Plank wrote:Since you don't tell us about your sources, just figure it out with Nvidia's matrixes.

Thanks for the response.

I don't have anything too fancy yet. My main sources include: iPad 6, Osmo Action, & Sony a77ii (xavcs). Almost everything I do is 30 fps and HD with the main exception being the Osmo Action @ 2K.

Like I said, I'm new to DR and still getting used to workflow.
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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostTue Oct 19, 2021 1:19 pm

Uli Plank wrote:just figure it out with Nvidia's matrixes.


Sorry, but you lost me on that one.
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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostTue Oct 19, 2021 5:04 pm

Uli Plank wrote:Since you don't tell us about your sources,


Sorry, but being new to the forum, my replies don't post right away as they need to be approved first.
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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostWed Oct 20, 2021 6:09 am

OK, so all of your sources are GOP formats. You'll profit a lot from Studio, since you are using Windows.
Try that first.
Please forget my question regarding the Nvidia matrix, since you've got an AMD GPU. Your Radeon 570 should be able to speed up most of your sources.
No, an iGPU is not enough, and you can't use HEVC 10 bit 4:2:2 in the free version.

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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostWed Oct 20, 2021 3:21 pm

Thanks Uli. I appreciate the quick response.
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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostWed Oct 20, 2021 3:40 pm

@The_Hefay:

as Uli said, If you buy Studio, you still don't need to change the GPU because RX 570 is perfectly happy to hardware decode and encode h264 and h265 minus 10 bit variety which, I assume, you don't use or need. Having concluded that, the CPU would do very little and matter very little. If you don't touch the Fusion tab, of course :D

What you're not saying is whether you actually do have performance problems? Please look at your windows task manager CPU and RAM usage graphs while you're doing your most demanding stuff. If you don't saturate either, you don't need an upgrade.

I'd just buy the Studio version for now...
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Re: CPU or RAM, what should I upgrade first

PostWed Oct 20, 2021 8:25 pm

Thanks Mario. I'm not too sure about performance issues yet as I'm still in the very basics of learning the workflow. I don't have a camera capable of 10-it yet and so that isn't a concern. Also, I won't use fusion hardly at all, at least for the near future.

I'll pull up task manager when I start my next project and see what it says.
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