I'd take it : )

@RogerS - How about with a 40% discount? 😝

There’s no option for a Studio Driver. Interesting, huh 🤔.

Still waiting for your MONSTA, Grazie? At the time it's back you probably can call it SLOTH...😉

@Grazie Truly excellent.

@JN- We’ll see, dear heart, we’ll see.

@3POINT - Hysterical! One day I’ll give you the FULL lowdown.

"Somebody Stop Me!”

Back in Business - Smokin’..... 😎

@Grazie GREAT! Glad they stood behind their warranty & also allowed you upgrade for the price-difference!

Yup, no complaints here. 😉

On my new workstation I still prefer the better quality of CPU render above the faster GPU render. I'm glad that I put more attention to a faster i9 CPU (this morning rendering 100% at 4.8GHz) than to the latest GTX.

@3POINT - Always willing to learn . . .

Anywho, just thought I do a Neat Video Performance Optimization RUN:

It just knock away the CPU and smashed for the GPU - that'll be the RTX3080 !!

I just trust my eyes for comparing quality and not the fps speed.

I'm rendering 2160p50 a little faster than real time (51 fps with QSV and 42 fps with NV) but still prefer the 25 fps CPU render from Voukoder.

@3POINT - Thanks! 😉

When I just want rendering speed I use my other NLE which does the same render with 123 fps NV.

Maybe you as the GPU render expert can explain to me why Vegas is only using the encoding part of the GPU and not also the decoding part, whilst rendering, like my other (faster) NLE does.

Maybe you as the GPU render expert

@3POINT - No I’m not. I’ve just had my PC fixed by specialists, and garnered support from others here. Perhaps one day I can reach your understandings of these things. Until that time I rely on your and others for direction. 😉

When I just want rendering speed I use my other NLE which does the same render with 123 fps NV.

Maybe you as the GPU render expert can explain to me why Vegas is only using the encoding part of the GPU and not also the decoding part, whilst rendering, like my other (faster) NLE does.

Video decode depends on the type of footage. Vegas supports hardware decoding of certain formats. Try regular AVC and you should see both.

For me I have my integrated GPU doing decoding so it doesn't show up on the NVIDIA tab. [Edit- I think you are probably seeing the same- your Intel GPU is at 19%. Try clicking on it]

@3POINT - Always willing to learn . . .

Anywho, just thought I do a Neat Video Performance Optimization RUN:

It just knock away the CPU and smashed for the GPU - that'll be the RTX3080 !!

I would be curious to see what numbers you get with the quality mode set to high (temporal and spatial) and radius set to 3 or 4

When I just want rendering speed I use my other NLE which does the same render with 123 fps NV.

Maybe you as the GPU render expert can explain to me why Vegas is only using the encoding part of the GPU and not also the decoding part, whilst rendering, like my other (faster) NLE does.

Video decode depends on the type of footage. Vegas supports hardware decoding of certain formats. Try regular AVC and you should see both.

For me I have my integrated GPU doing decoding so it doesn't show up on the NVIDIA tab. [Edit- I think you are probably seeing the same- your Intel GPU is at 19%. Try clicking on it]

Means Vegas could also render much faster when it would support hardware decoding, like me other NLE does?

Vegas does support hardware decoding (and if you clicked on Intel you'd likely see that) so the difference is more likely that Vegas doesn't use the GPU's core processing functionality (upper row for 3D) very well. It does do encoding and decoding. It also may not be as efficient at utilizing multicore CPUs as other software.

Feel free to share a screenshot of task manager with the other NLE to compare CPU and GPU activity.

Screenshot of Vegas rendering compared with my other NLE rendering, same footage (DJI Osmo Pocket AVC 2160p50 100 Mbps) rendered to 2160p50 with dissolves between clips. My other NLE renders almost 3 times faster than Vegas with the same GPU hardware.

@Richvideo -

I would be curious to see what numbers you get with the quality mode set to high (temporal and spatial) and radius set to 3 or 4

Wow! Used NV at your suggested settings, plus TWIXTOR I got 25fps on a 60fps. Not too shabby, methinks. Used the NVENC Speed demon template.

@3POINT Interesting results. I'm surprised there's no 3D usage with the other program. It must be well-optimized for GPU Encoding and Decoding. What is the CPU% like during the render?

However for Vegas, I think you are clicking on the wrong GPU- if you want to see decoding, try Intel. Alternatively in Vegas File I/O, change hardware decoding to NVIDIA from Auto (Intel). It may be less stable and compatible with fewer file formats, but performance is likely higher with NVIDIA.

The basic point that Vegas isn't that well optimized for performance is something I agree with.

4K to HD conversions:
Vegas (NVENC): 0:33
Vegas (Mainconcept CPU): 2:53
Effects (CPU + GPU support but not for encoding): 1:19
Resolve (not Studio so no encoding/decoding GPU support): 1:44

Here's what it looks like in Vegas Effects doing a 4K to HD conversion- CPU is around 100% and no hardware encoding (presumably to preserve quality) but there is decoding with NVIDIA and 3D activity with both Intel and NVIDIA.


Resolve- no decoding activity but yes for 3D. CPU~100%:

@RogerS Sorry, I'm not that interested how to speed up rendering times or in rendering speed tests at all. First because rendering is just a very small part of the whole video editing process and spending a few minutes more or less on that hours taken process, I don't care. Second as I also always do 4k to FHD conversion, I'm really disappointed about the quality of those GPU supported renders compared to Voukoder CPU renders.