Vegas Pro playback and rendering? On low end gaming computer.

Jerry K wrote on 1/14/2025, 1:39 PM

I have a 12 year old computer I’m thinking of replace. Costco has a low end gaming computer on sale for $999.99 

Costco Item  1815274

iBUYPOWER TraceMesh 7 Gaming Desktop - 14th Gen Intel Core i7-14700F - GeForce RTX 4060 - Windows 11 - 32 GB RAM - 2TB SSD - Black

I was wondering has anyone tried one of these low cost gaming computers with Vegas Pro?

Here’s what I’m editing with right now for the past 12 years. It works for me but it is slow. 

CPU Intel i7-950.  @307GHZ. 4 Cores 8 processors. 

GPU.  Nvidia GeForce GTX-66

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard with 32GB of ram.

Two WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives.

Windows 10 home and Sony Vegas Pro 13.

I just purchased Vegas Pro 21 the other day but Haven’t loaded it yet.

I also ordered two SSD drives. Silicon Power 1TB SSD 3D NAND A58 SLC Cache Performance Boost SATA III 2.5" 7mm (0.28") Internal Solid State Drives. Should have them in a few days. They will replace my two WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s

Basically my question is, if I was to purchase this low end gaming computer posted above what should I expect from it in contrast to the setup I have now?

How much faster is the CPU & GPU compared to my old computer working with Vegas Pro?

By the way I’m not interested in 4K. Most of my editing is family videos and photos. Rendered out to 720 x 1080 MP4. 

Your thoughts and help would be greatly appreciated.

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Gid wrote on 1/14/2025, 1:58 PM

@Jerry K Hi,

How much faster is the CPU & GPU compared to my old computer working with Vegas Pro?

At the moment you have a Model T Ford, the new PC you mentioned would be a 21 century Audi 👍

Vegas Pro 22
Vegas Pro/Post 19
Boris Continuum & Sapphire, 
Silhouette Standalone + Plugin, 
Mocha Pro Standalone + Plugin, 
Boris Optics,
NewBlue TotalFX
Desktop PC Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - 64-Bit
ASUS PRO WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI AMD Motherboard
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 3.5GHz 32 Core
Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 360mm All-in-One Liquid CPU Cooler
RAM 256GB ( 8x Micron 32GB (1x 32GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RAM )
2x Western Digital Black SN850 2TB M.2-2280 SSD, 7000MB/s Read, 5100MB/s Write
(programs on one, project files on the other)
Graphics MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24GB OC GPU
ASUS ROG Thor 1200W Semi-Modular 80+ Platinum PSU 
Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark TG Case with 3 Fans
Dell SE3223Q 31.5 Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) Monitor, 60Hz, & an Acer 24" monitor.

At the moment my filming is done with a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G & a GoPro11

I've been a Joiner/Carpenter for 40yrs, apprentice trained time served, I don't have an apprentice of my own so to share my knowledge I put videos on YouTube.

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RogerS wrote on 1/14/2025, 6:38 PM

Pretty fast! See the benchmarks in my signature for quantitative figures and you can try them on your old system to compare it.