Benchmark Project for Vegas Pro 19?

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 12/1/2024, 2:28 PM

@StealthStarSwag There's a link to Red Car benchmarks in my signature that test different media types and work on all versions of Vegas since vp16. They all use the original Sony project made with vp10 with hd media to promote vp11. It only includes fx that were then available but I did media substitution and transcodes to newer media formats like 4k, hevc, and ProRes with vp16.

I also have a version of the vp20 Fanmade benchmark that I ported backwards to vp19 as a learning experience:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ebcDpznDzozPiduAEnf_TEnTQTLQv_Ic/view?usp=sharing

If you run Fanmade with vp19, the AI FX is unchecked in the Event FX on track #11, region #13. Applying the check-mark will activate AI FX but might crash or hang vp19 whose AI was pretty rough back then.

StealthStarSwag wrote on 12/1/2024, 3:30 PM

@Howard-Vigorita Thank you! Just so that I'm sure I know what I am doing, do I just render the project and take note of the render time, or is there anything else I should do?

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 12/1/2024, 3:48 PM

That's what I do when I post my own results in Red Car Roundup charts also linked in my signature. @RogerS also has charts in his signature if you want to compare to the results for Fanmade (Ad Benchmark) and Sample Project with those of other folks. His charts also allow you to upload your results to add to his charts and download Sample Project which also runs on vp19. He also provides detailed instructions on evaluating display performance. To make results more apples-to-apples, try to match your settings to those in the charts.

StealthStarSwag wrote on 12/1/2024, 4:22 PM

@Howard-Vigorita Thank you very much! I'll see if there is any notable difference in the test before and after installing the RAM.

RogerS wrote on 12/1/2024, 5:18 PM

Here are the benchmarks I manage. I went from 16 to 48 recently and didn't see much difference as there were other limiting factors.

3POINT wrote on 12/1/2024, 11:56 PM

I think also that @StealthStarSwag will be disappointed. The amount of RAM has (hardly) no influence on renderspeed.

StealthStarSwag wrote on 12/2/2024, 12:05 AM

I think also that @StealthStarSwag will be disappointed. The amount of RAM has (hardly) no influence on renderspeed.

@3POINT My main reason for upgrading my RAM is the probability that I will upgrade to Vegas Pro 22 soon, and the recommended amount of RAM for 22 is higher than what I currently have. I would still like to see if there is any change in render speed, and while the results may be slim, I will see any positive change as an added bonus.

RogerS wrote on 12/2/2024, 12:57 AM

There are definitely benefits in having more ram, they just don't show up rendering small projects like this. I think 16 is too little so the first thing I did with my new laptop was install the maximum amount of ram (16 + 32).

Let us know how it goes with the benchmarks and if you have trouble with either please message me (the sample ad one expects people to use 20 or newer so just mark it down as if you had rendered it with 20- I can change it to 19 manually).

3POINT wrote on 12/2/2024, 3:42 PM

I think also that @StealthStarSwag will be disappointed. The amount of RAM has (hardly) no influence on renderspeed.

@3POINT My main reason for upgrading my RAM is the probability that I will upgrade to Vegas Pro 22 soon, and the recommended amount of RAM for 22 is higher than what I currently have. I would still like to see if there is any change in render speed, and while the results may be slim, I will see any positive change as an added bonus.

My system, see my signature, has just 32GB of RAM which is sufficient for editing 4k video.

When you want a real increase in rendering speed (at no extra cost), than just don't render with the MAGIX AVC/HEVC rendertemplates but use Voukoder for Vegas instead. https://www.voukoder.org/.

Renderingspeed in Vegas is mostly slowed down by used FX, Titles etc.

To get a real experience of rendering speed of several encoders, just render a timeline with footage that has no FX etc. For example when I render a 2160p50 timeline with Magix AVC NV support; i get an average renderspeed of less than 47fps. When rendering with Magix HEVC NV it's about 41fps. The same timeline renders with both Voukoder AVC/HEVC NV supported templates with more than 58fps. That's almost 1,5 times faster.

StealthStarSwag wrote on 12/4/2024, 12:01 PM

Thank you very much for the information and resources @RogerS and @3POINT. 😊

Howard-Vigorita wrote on 12/4/2024, 4:29 PM

I plan on upgrading my RAM from 16 GB to 64 GB. Per some advice I received, I want to run a benchmark test before and after installing the RAM.

Are there various benchmark projects for different devices? If so, here are my device specs: my laptop is a GE75 Raider 10SF. My CPU is an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60 GHz. My GPUs are Intel(R) UHD Graphics (although my display is 1920 x 1080) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070.

@StealthStarSwag If you haven't already, make sure you run your upgrade plan by msi. Or better yet, have them do it. Or consider trading up to one of their newer models.

Your i7 cpu was originally spec'd with two 2933 ram dimms. I'm guessing you got 8's. You'll need to pull them and put in 32's to get to 64. Smaller dimms are usually faster, all other things being equal. To get a speed improvement, it would be advantageous to go up to 3200's. Msi can tell you if that's practical with the i7 cpu you have... if the dimms are faster than the cpu supports, they'll just run at the lower speed with nothing gained. Newer msi sgs models use 3200's with an i9. If you can upgrade the cpu to an i9 too, you'll definitely get better all around performance but likely run hotter with shorter battery life.