Hey everybody!
I've recently came across some Amazon credit and looking to upgrade my newly-custom built PC a bit more.
I have been doing a lot of video editing lately for a gaming walkthrough website that I have been working on, and would like to increase the rendering speed.
My average video is about 9-12 minutes long, rendered in 1080p, 1920x1080 resolution, etc. Basically the highest settings possible on Sony Vegas Pro 10.
Now, my current rendering speeds are pretty high with my current 8GB of RAM, (roughly between 20-40 minutes of rendering time depending on video length) but I'd love to be able to cut those times in half if at all possible.
My question to you is this: Would upgrading to 16GB of RAM do that? I checked the Resource Monitor while I was rendering, and it came up with this (rounded estimates here):
3200 MB in use.
4400 MB in standby.
471 MB free.
I don't regularly use Resource Monitor, but I'm pretty sure that is telling me that Vega Pro isn't utilizing all of the RAM that it could utilize, given the fact that there is still 4GB of RAM in standby.
Alternatively, I could blow the cash on a second graphics card, SSD, or a second hard-drive (video editing takes up a LOT of space, and I've only got a 500GB HD). Your thoughts?
Current Overall Specs:
Win 7 Ultimate (64bit)
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz (Not overclocked)
8GB RAM
Asus-brand GeForce GTX 560
500GB HDD
Thanks!
*edit*
Now overclocked to 4.0ghz. Haven't seen that much of an improvement.
I've recently came across some Amazon credit and looking to upgrade my newly-custom built PC a bit more.
I have been doing a lot of video editing lately for a gaming walkthrough website that I have been working on, and would like to increase the rendering speed.
My average video is about 9-12 minutes long, rendered in 1080p, 1920x1080 resolution, etc. Basically the highest settings possible on Sony Vegas Pro 10.
Now, my current rendering speeds are pretty high with my current 8GB of RAM, (roughly between 20-40 minutes of rendering time depending on video length) but I'd love to be able to cut those times in half if at all possible.
My question to you is this: Would upgrading to 16GB of RAM do that? I checked the Resource Monitor while I was rendering, and it came up with this (rounded estimates here):
3200 MB in use.
4400 MB in standby.
471 MB free.
I don't regularly use Resource Monitor, but I'm pretty sure that is telling me that Vega Pro isn't utilizing all of the RAM that it could utilize, given the fact that there is still 4GB of RAM in standby.
Alternatively, I could blow the cash on a second graphics card, SSD, or a second hard-drive (video editing takes up a LOT of space, and I've only got a 500GB HD). Your thoughts?
Current Overall Specs:
Win 7 Ultimate (64bit)
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz (Not overclocked)
8GB RAM
Asus-brand GeForce GTX 560
500GB HDD
Thanks!
*edit*
Now overclocked to 4.0ghz. Haven't seen that much of an improvement.