Dell 8300 upgraded over time, SSD HD, Windows 7 Prof

Intel i7 2600 CPU @3.4Ghz

32G RAM

64 bit 

ATI Radeon 6700 Graphics card 

Well I did it.  Installed a Quadro  Pro K2200.

The results are amazing.  

Congratulations Greg!

Looks like an excellent graphics card! Expensive.

Can I go down one level (K620) and get close to amazing results?

When you come back down to earth can you give us some commentary on the amazing results? Please? I think a lot of people would like to know what will give a fast graphics response while editing. I know that I would.

Thanks,

I found this card on sale, so I felt a bit better purchasing it.  I use Photoshop CS6, and it will help me with that too.

I don't know much about the K620.

Regarding performance:

Using the control panel performance info, 7.6 out of 7.9 performance rating.

I can render a 1hr 8min video, (4.5Gig) 1280x720 HD, and when viewing it with Windows Media player, I can jump anywhere on the timeline without any hesitation what so ever.  

Using X6, with 4 videos in the timeline (1920x1080 .m2ts), edited with transitions, each an hour long, I can jump anywhere on the timeline, and play from that point, without any hesitation. Zoom in anywhere on the timeline, adjust scrubber, play instantly. 

My CPU runs less than 97%, I do not understand why yet.  I get an error when exporting MP4 when "hardware acceleration for MPEG-4/AVCHD export if possible" is checked in the program settings.  I have a help ticket submitted to Magix for that.  Uncheck that box, renders no problem.

While rendering a file and CPU running at 75%, I could then to to a directory where a DVD video is stored, double click the VTS_01_1 file, and view the video, without hesitation, tears, and jump anywhere along the timeline, forwards or backwards, and continue to play, instantly. With that render going, and viewing a DVD, I can watch a full screen MP4 on another monitor using Windows Media Player, with no artifacting, and continue to jump anywhere along the timelime. 

I don't hear any fans running.

I found this card on sale, so I felt a bit better purchasing it.  I use Photoshop CS6, and it will help me with that too.

I don't know much about the K620.

Regarding performance:

Using the control panel performance info, 7.6 out of 7.9 performance rating.

I can render a 1hr 8min video, (4.5Gig) 1280x720 HD, and when viewing it with Windows Media player, I can jump anywhere on the timeline without any hesitation what so ever.  

Using X6, with 4 videos in the timeline (1920x1080 .m2ts), edited with transitions, each an hour long, I can jump anywhere on the timeline, and play from that point, without any hesitation. Zoom in anywhere on the timeline, adjust scrubber, play instantly. 

My CPU runs less than 97%, I do not understand why yet.  I get an error when exporting MP4 when "hardware acceleration for MPEG-4/AVCHD export if possible" is checked in the program settings.  I have a help ticket submitted to Magix for that.  Uncheck that box, renders no problem.

While rendering a file and CPU running at 75%, I could then to to a directory where a DVD video is stored, double click the VTS_01_1 file, and view the video, without hesitation, tears, and jump anywhere along the timeline, forwards or backwards, and continue to play, instantly. With that render going, and viewing a DVD, I can watch a full screen MP4 on another monitor using Windows Media Player, with no artifacting, and continue to jump anywhere along the timelime. 

I don't hear any fans running.

Hi Greg

. . . . I can render a 1hr 8min video, (4.5Gig) 1280x720 HD, . . . .

How long does this take and is this to MP4?

. . . . I get an error when exporting MP4 when "hardware acceleration for MPEG-4/AVCHD export if possible" is checked in the program settings. . . . .

I have found this only happens when you also check the option to use the graphics card in the export dialog as well as using the HWA in the programs settings. 

John

11 items on the timeline,

One m2ts file with 5.1 surround (60fps)

Another m2ts with audio track removed (60fps)

2 go pro tracks

Titles

Renders (1280x720 29.97 fr/s, 16:9) in 1 hour 10 minutes

Still investigating error with HWA.