Hardware for Vegas Pro

Ricardo-Bacchin wrote on 10/29/2021, 4:40 PM

I have Vegas Pro and I intend to change my setup, and I don't know exactly what will influence the program's execution the most.
I'll give you an example - on the Adobe website there is a FAQ on hardware configuration to use Adobe Premiere Pro well explained. First it tells you to invest in RAM memory. The more, the better - but its speed will hardly influence anything (instead of investing in faster memories that won't have any effect, you can buy slower memory and a larger amount).
The second item is the CPU - ideally 8 cores. Above that there is no significant gain (once again I found it interesting because it doesn't say to buy a 16-core CPU, as it won't have any practical effect on performance.
Thirdly the GPU, and fourthly the storage (preferably 2 to three SSDs for each acting at a time - one for the program, one for recording, etc).
To build a machine that is good for Vegas (without spending more than necessary), I would like to know:
- processors with more cores will be more efficient? Or as in Adobe there is a limitation?
- won't RAM speed improve performance too? To work with 4K videos, let's say 20-30 minutes, would 32GB of RAM be enough?
- are NVIDIA boards still better, or better optimized, than AMD boards? The more VRAM on the board the better?

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Former user wrote on 1/9/2022, 10:01 PM

Performance to Price the AMD wins, 3080 has 10GB, 3080ti 12, but I do struggle with the 8GB on 3070, not able to keep 2 or 3 applications open, even if only 1 is currently active. I've seen Vegas using between 7.5 - 8GB, that's not ideal

walter-i. wrote on 1/10/2022, 5:59 AM

As I will not use it for games and the other software I use (Corel and Phothop) does not use the GPU, NVidia's advantage I think it is null.
If I put them in numbers, in my country the RX 6900XT (16 GB VRAM) and RTX 3080 (8 GB VRAM) cost around USD 1,900.00, the 3080Ti USD 2,700.00 and the 3090 USD 3,570.00 (approximate conversion of values). Given the huge price difference, as the card's function is only for use in video editing (Vegas for sure and maybe DaVinci in the free version - which doesn't use GPU acceleration), which one is worth the most?

@Ricardo-Bacchin

My link refers to a German site, but in times like these you should check if a complete system is even cheaper than the graphics cards you mentioned.
https://www.videoaktiv.de/2022011036075/news/editing/ces-2022-acer-predator-orion-3000-5000-high-end-desktop-pc-mit-rtx-3080-gpu.html