Performance benchmarks for VV4?

Liam_Vegas wrote on 3/25/2003, 2:14 AM

Does anyone know of anywhere that I can find performance benchmark data for rendering within VV4?

I am considering my next system purchase and I would like to know of the performance possibilities with regards to processor speed/dual/hyperthreading?

I know there are many other factors that come into play than just processor choice... but in any case I think such a set of data would still be relevant.

If there is no public set of benchmark data can users here provide me with some data on their rendering speed and the level of system they have?

Would a reasonable format choice to benchmark be the WMV9 format at say 1MB/s or would another format be better to work with (say mpeg 2)?

I would love to hear from everyone on this.

Thanks

Liam

Comments

rextilleon wrote on 3/25/2003, 7:17 AM

DSE had a Veggie to test render times on many systems and many people ran it---I think there is a thread about it over at the Cow.

Liam_Vegas wrote on 3/25/2003, 1:26 PM

Thanks.... I'll check over there.

rmack350 wrote on 3/25/2003, 2:09 PM

Definitely follow the threads on the render test.

You'll have to consider cost/benefit but these were the factors that seemed to make a difference.

-Raw Processor Power
-P4s were faster than Athlons in single processor comparisons. But not by that much.
-Dual processors had little effect on renders because they're usually a single process thread. DP may have a benefit to general program performance though. Dual processors DO allow you to run a second instance of vegas and let it render while you work.
-HT might add some responsiveness to general workflow but when the proccessor runs at 100% during a render HT won't speed it up.
-People with fast systems and rdram had better render times. That may be less of a factor now than it was then.
-People rendering to very fast SCSI disks saw a render performance improvement, probably because SCSI has less CPU overhead.

If your time is worth a lot of money then go for the fastest dual Xeon you can get with the fastest SCSI drive you can find for the data drive. Then get a 1394 drive to spill data off to.

Another thing to consider in a system is a 64bit PCI slot. Vegas doesn't need it but you might want it for other things like a SATA controller or a capture card or a SCSI card. Probably not but it's worth looking at.

Finally, you might consider installing removable drive bays in the 5.25" bays. This would allow you to swap data drives if you saw the need.

Work down from there until you can afford a system. A simple system would have the fastest single CPU you can get, a 1394 card, a dual-head graphics card, 2 ata-100 drives, a dvd burner, network card, USB2.0, and at least 512GB ddr ram.

BTW, Earl Foote at the Cow builds fast systems that people have lavished praise on.