Is Intel GPU HD Graphics 630 series or higher sufficient?

wjauch wrote on 7/8/2024, 3:35 PM

I am helping a friend who has Vegas Pro19, hopefully he'll upgrade to 22 in due course. His ancient computer will not run Vegas properly. I am trying to advise him re getting a refurbished computer, Intel i7 8th gen or above (8th gen will I believe be needed to run Windows 11 when Windows 10 becomes end of life in 2025). The current spec requirements for Vegas list an Nvida or AMD graphics card OR Intel® GPU HD Graphics 630 series or higher (which apparently was released in Intel CPUs in 2016). Does anyone have experience of using Vegas with an Intel i7 CPU, say 16GB RAM and an SSD drive but no separate nVidia/AMD GPU card? Any other advise for my friend?

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mark-y wrote on 7/8/2024, 7:56 PM

I have an Intel 620 on an i5, and I get by. I build proxies or intermediates for 60p.

john_dennis wrote on 7/8/2024, 10:43 PM

My laptop has:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
with 16384 MB RAM, SSD and an NVMe disk.

Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620

and

AMD Radeon R7 M460

Device Type: Render-Only Device

I avoid using it for anything except when I'm sitting in a waiting room.

I have a Windows 10 Pro and Vega s Pro 20 image that I've used when I was in a waiting room a lot.

I installed Windows 11 Pro but have been unmotivated to install Vegas Pro 21 on it yet.

I shoot UHD XAVC with a Sony RX10IV.

Something like this might be a starter system.

HP Envy

RogerS wrote on 7/8/2024, 10:47 PM

It matters most what this friend intends to do with VEGAS. What kind of videos does this person make? What camera footage do they use? Can the iGPU decode this footage in real time in hardware?

Are they willing to make proxy files?

Used GPUs aren't as much as you may think. 2 years ago I got a RTX 2080 Super for ~$300 USD. I assume it's $200 something now and works quite well for me in VEGAS alongside an iGPU.

wjauch wrote on 7/9/2024, 7:31 AM

It matters most what this friend intends to do with VEGAS. What kind of videos does this person make? What camera footage do they use? Can the iGPU decode this footage in real time in hardware?

Are they willing to make proxy files?

Used GPUs aren't as much as you may think. 2 years ago I got a RTX 2080 Super for ~$300 USD. I assume it's $200 something now and works quite well for me in VEGAS alongside an iGPU.

To answer above, he's mostly been making short films, but is actually planning to make a feature film. Re footage this will be anything from various cellphones to Canon DSLR to older Red camera.

I see no reason why he wouldn't be willing to use proxy files.

Additionally he has, in the past on short films, sent mp4 files to someone else remote to add Fx, doubt that he'll start trying to do this himself.

Interesting re used GPU pricing, sounds like he could perhaps get by without one initially, add later if needed (assuming PC has sufficiently powerful PSU, or PC is not a Dell/HP etc with proprietary PSU size/connectors limiting PSU upgrade options)

Wolfgang S. wrote on 7/9/2024, 8:10 AM

I would not like to use a PC/laptop without a GPU - today the choice of an nvidia card is still a great choice. To have in addition an i-GPU (part of the processor) is a great idea, especially if the footage is HEVC 10bit 422 (what cannot be decoded by nvidia or AMD-GPUs up to now).

One can recognize that Vegas will utilize the GPU more and more in future, and that is why I would go for an nvidia GPU. 16 GB ram are at the minimum of the actual specification, if possible I would go for 32 GB ram or even more.

My five cents. Spezification of my systems see in the signiture!