Sony Viao SZ dual core notebook render time

donwidener wrote on 3/25/2006, 8:06 PM
After reading a few posts reagarding render times and the possible advantage of dual core processors, I did my own test. It verifies what others are saying:

Viao SZ110 w / T2400 procesor, 1GB RAM, 100GB HD
HD capture from Sony FX1(M2T or MPEG2-TS) file size 2.29 GB
rendering to best DVDA template including audio
RENDER TIME = 33 minutes 49 seconds

Desktop AMD 3500, 2 GB RAM , RAID 0
HD capture from Sony FX1(M2T or MPEG2-TS) file size 2.29 GB
rendering to best DVDA template including audio
RENDER TIME = 82 minutes13 seconds

Render time is reduced by nearly 2/3 !!!! This is in the stamina mode for entended battery life by utilizing an on board Intel video card. This laptop has a hybird video system and you can switch to a Gforce 7400 video card for more graphic intensive applications. (I am wondering if that would improve render time; I doubt it but perhaps I will give it a try).

I am an AMD fan and I am sure their mobile dual cores (when available) will have a performance advantage, but I get nearly 6 hours of battery life with the Intel. I have heard the AMDs will use a lot more power and run hotter. I would appreciate hearing from other dual core users, particularly the Mobile AMDs when they come out.

Don



Comments

snicholshms wrote on 3/26/2006, 4:11 PM
The graphics card has nothing to do with rendering in Vegas...at least not yet. More and more apps are offloading portions of graphics-related processing to graphics cards to relieve the processor for other work. Hopefully Veagas will do that in some future release.
Those dual cores rock!
donwidener wrote on 3/26/2006, 6:39 PM
Thanks for your reply. I do not completely understand graphics processing. Vegas does fly on this machine...

Don
craftech wrote on 3/27/2006, 4:53 AM
More and more apps are offloading portions of graphics-related processing to graphics cards to relieve the processor for other work. Hopefully Veagas will do that in some future release.
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Hopefully NOT. I can forsee an entirely new can of worms to deal with when it comes to problems with the software. Plus an inordinate amount of time spent by the troubleshooting team trying to come up with updates to address those PLUS the issues they already end up dealing with.

John