They arrived! Weeeee!

so what does my laptop need to be faster ? o_O
IftiBashir said:
Bear in mind rendering is mainly CPU intensive - the faster your CPU the quicker videos will render - your RAM and GPU don't have too much to do with rendering.

My example:
I create projects on my MacBook which is:
2.9GHz Dual Core i7
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
HD4000 GPU (512MB)

I render and upload the project on my Mac Mini Server:
2.6GHz Quad Core i7
8GB RAM
2x1TB HDD
HD4000 GPU (512MB)

Even though I have less RAM and slower drives in my server, it renders a LOT quicker - almost half the time since I have a quad core CPU rather then using the dual core CPU in my MacBook.

Rendering a 10min video (final 2.5GB file, full 1080p) on my MacBook may take 30-45 mins or so.
The same on my Server - lower specs but faster CPU because of the 2 extra cores - takes around 15-18 mins!

When rendering, always go for the fastest CPU.
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IftiBashir said:
Bear in mind rendering is mainly CPU intensive - the faster your CPU the quicker videos will render - your RAM and GPU don't have too much to do with rendering.

My example:
I create projects on my MacBook which is:
2.9GHz Dual Core i7
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
HD4000 GPU (512MB)

I render and upload the project on my Mac Mini Server:
2.6GHz Quad Core i7
8GB RAM
2x1TB HDD
HD4000 GPU (512MB)

Even though I have less RAM and slower drives in my server, it renders a LOT quicker - almost half the time since I have a quad core CPU rather then using the dual core CPU in my MacBook.

Rendering a 10min video (final 2.5GB file, full 1080p) on my MacBook may take 30-45 mins or so.
The same on my Server - lower specs but faster CPU because of the 2 extra cores - takes around 15-18 mins!

When rendering, always go for the fastest CPU.
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Do you remember that Black Magic software you recommended to me? According to that the fastest I could render is in 480p due to my HDD write speed. Yet I can render 1080 with no issues (I just chose 720 cos it's not much different but loads quicker).
 
Frankie Turner said:
Do you remember that Black Magic software you recommended to me? According to that the fastest I could render is in 480p due to my HDD write speed. Yet I can render 1080 with no issues (I just chose 720 cos it's not much different but loads quicker).
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BlackMagic tests disk speed. It shows you whether your drive is fast enough to capture HD footage. It has nothing to do with the actual rendering of video - that's mainly CPU based.
 
portiz said:
so what does my laptop need to be faster ? o_O
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To be honest, you could try upgrading RAM, but I don't think it will make much difference.
The next time you are rendering, open task manager and check your RAM usage. If the RAM has been entirely used up, then you could do with an upgrade. Nevertheless, its not going to make rendering much faster - I'm afraid you have a pretty old CPU and, in comparison to today's standards, its not going to cut it. Sempron processors were typically a budget brand, designed for basic home users, rather then for video editing etc.
 
Basically the general rule is the actual video processing/rendering is very CPU dependant. While doing the actual editing, good fast RAM will be very helpful along with HDD speed (although typically you should be using a scratch disk for render files to keep them away from the program files disk).

GPU has very little or nothing to do with video editing. BUT, certain software (like Adobe Premiere) uses DirectX for realtime effects, so video hardware is also needed for speed.
 
IftiBashir said:
Basically the general rule is the actual video processing/rendering is very CPU dependant. While doing the actual editing, good fast RAM will be very helpful along with HDD speed (although typically you should be using a scratch disk for render files to keep them away from the program files disk).

GPU has very little or nothing to do with video editing. BUT, certain software (like Adobe Premiere) uses DirectX for realtime effects, so video hardware is also needed for speed.
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so it there any cpu, processor or anything that u recomend me to buy to make rendering and editing faster?
 
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