I'm using a fairly recent computer build with an i7, 32 gb ram, SSD drives and an Nvidea 970 card. My problem is that timeline playback is sub par especially during multi cam editing of 4K XAVC-L footage. Premiere and Edius run much faster.
Question: Would an AMD card like the R290X with 8GB Ram help me? That seems to be the consensis from the threads I've been reading. I'm not concerned with rendering just a more fluid editing experience.
Thanks, Marc
Question: Would an AMD card like the R290X with 8GB Ram help me?
I think a R9 290X (if that's what you mean) would help over an Nvidia GTX 970 card but not as much as an R9 3*0(X) series or RX 4*0 series card would. I don't think the 8GB is as important for Vegas as it is to some programs such as Resolve. I think 4GB would be OK.
Thanks Nick, I'll look into those. Has anyone used them with Vegas?
I understand Set has an RX470, Wolfgang S has an R9 390X, and they are satisfied with them. John Dennis suggested RX470 and RX480 last month. A couple of others have used these cards and I've seen nothing but positive reports. That's not to say an R9 290X wouldn't be sufficient though. It might be enough.
Thanks Nick. I ordered the RX480 and will report back how it works out.
Newegg reports that my RX480 and Corsair Hydro115i are in "Packaging" status. Unfortunately, you're a day late for the $249 price that I paid. I'll likely add the RX480 to the i7-3770k system just to see the difference a competent video card might make before I gut the whole thing and build the i7-6850k system.
...and Corsair Hydro115i ...
The fans on my Corsair Hydro H110 were horribly rattly. I swapped them for a pair of Noctua NF-A14 PWM that are so purringly good they can get away with making them brown and beige. The Corsair pump itself still makes an oscillating "whir" (at least I think that's what the strange noise coming from my PC is), but I've sort of got used to that. I would like to find a different cooling supplier for my next new build.
I began my career in the the 70's working on water cooled processors. For all my PC efforts I've avoided it until now. I have a pair of extremely quiet 140mm fans supplied by Lian-Li, my case mfr, that probably won't be able to work into the static pressure of a micro-fin radiator, but I plan to try them before I install the Corsair units. I replaced all the fans in my other system with Noctua four years ago.
I hate buzzing worse than fan noise, but I don't have the space for a big air cooler.
...and Corsair Hydro115i ...
The fans on my Corsair Hydro H110 were horribly rattly. I swapped them for a pair of Noctua NF-A14 PWM that are so purringly good they can get away with making them brown and beige. The Corsair pump itself still makes an oscillating "whir" (at least I think that's what the strange noise coming from my PC is), but I've sort of got used to that. I would like to find a different cooling supplier for my next new build.
I upgrade from a Corsair Sytem to an XSPC bay mounted pump and reservoir kit, it came with CPU block, 2x 120mm fans and radiator and everything else to make it work. However, after a year I got a similar ratling noise from the pump and finally decided to go for a proper cooling system with an EK pump-reservoir and an EK CPU block. Took a bit of tweaking to get the pump resevoir into the system but no regrets. The pump is so much better, more flow and very very quiet. Even with the same radiator and fans, the CPU temp droped by 5deg C. I buy all my stuff from Frozencpu. Most important is to have a big case, I personally like Corsair cases.
How timely. Newegg spammed me with EK devices in this morning's spam run. I'll consider the 280 as the Corsair unit won't arrive until Tuesday. Some reviewers think it is the one to get except for the price and the choice of fasteners. I'm unlikely to ever build a custom cooling system.