Intel i9 9900K processor review using Vegas Pro

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fr0sty wrote on 3/10/2019, 1:33 PM

I'd hold off for those 3rd gen threadrippers for your other workstation.

And why is that?

If they're wanting to see better performance in Vegas with that line of CPUs before taking the plunge, the best bet would be to wait for the new architecture to drop.

Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

TheRhino wrote on 3/15/2019, 8:36 PM

Reasons for ME to choose 9900K over Threadripper:

  • Faster SINGLE thread performance benefits my CURRENT apps...
    (at least one app is about 1.5X faster vs. Threaderipper 1950X/2950X...)
  • No known issues with older, proprietary apps I still need...
    (It is what it is... With AMD things are running fine until they're not...)
  • Thunderbolt 3 capable NOW
  • <$1000 to upgrade CPU/MB/RAM/COOLER

Shortcomings of 9900K:

  • HUGE for me=Lack of PCIe lanes. Partly overcome by Asus WS Z390's PLX chip...
  • Lack of bifurcation needed for M.2 PCIe RAID cards, etc...
  • LGA 1151 socket's limited upgrade path...
  • And yes, new architecture is always around the corner, like PCIe 4.0 & ZEN2.
    BUT, ZEN2 will likely not play nicely with my proprietary single-threaded apps..

4-6-2019 Update:

  • I just finished the first large editing projecting using the 9900K workstation from start-to-finish and am very happy with the results.
  • I get a 2X speed improvement over my Xeon 5660 4.0Ghz workstations on nearly everything I render.
  • I am also able to open multiple instances of Vegas & render them simultaneous without crashing.
  • I'm just using onboard video & CPU rendering for now because I also updated my displays to 4K...
  • Windows 10 & App install was the fastest ever... OS is on a 2.5" SSD & renders are from a (2) drive M.2 RAID to either a single M.2 or (4) 3.5" SATA hardware RAID.

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Workstation C with $600 USD of upgrades in April, 2021
--$360 11700K @ 5.0ghz
--$200 ASRock W480 Creator (onboard 10G net, TB3, etc.)
Borrowed from my 9900K until prices drop:
--32GB of G.Skill DDR4 3200 ($100 on Black Friday...)
Reused from same Tower Case that housed the Xeon:
--Used VEGA 56 GPU ($200 on eBay before mining craze...)
--Noctua Cooler, 750W PSU, OS SSD, LSI RAID Controller, SATAs, etc.

Performs VERY close to my overclocked 9900K (below), but at stock settings with no tweaking...

Workstation D with $1,350 USD of upgrades in April, 2019
--$500 9900K @ 5.0ghz
--$140 Corsair H150i liquid cooling with 360mm radiator (3 fans)
--$200 open box Asus Z390 WS (PLX chip manages 4/5 PCIe slots)
--$160 32GB of G.Skill DDR4 3000 (added another 32GB later...)
--$350 refurbished, but like-new Radeon Vega 64 LQ (liquid cooled)

Renders Vegas11 "Red Car Test" (AMD VCE) in 13s when clocked at 4.9 ghz
(note: BOTH onboard Intel & Vega64 show utilization during QSV & VCE renders...)

Source Video1 = 4TB RAID0--(2) 2TB M.2 on motherboard in RAID0
Source Video2 = 4TB RAID0--(2) 2TB M.2 (1) via U.2 adapter & (1) on separate PCIe card
Target Video1 = 32TB RAID0--(4) 8TB SATA hot-swap drives on PCIe RAID card with backups elsewhere

10G Network using used $30 Mellanox2 Adapters & Qnap QSW-M408-2C 10G Switch
Copy of Work Files, Source & Output Video, OS Images on QNAP 653b NAS with (6) 14TB WD RED
Blackmagic Decklink PCie card for capturing from tape, etc.
(2) internal BR Burners connected via USB 3.0 to SATA adapters
Old Cooler Master CM Stacker ATX case with (13) 5.25" front drive-bays holds & cools everything.

Workstations A & B are the 2 remaining 6-core 4.0ghz Xeon 5660 or I7 980x on Asus P6T6 motherboards.

$999 Walmart Evoo 17 Laptop with I7-9750H 6-core CPU, RTX 2060, (2) M.2 bays & (1) SSD bay...