Hello
I'm looking at a used Asus laptop that has an Nvidia 960M video card in it. I realize it's not up to the current state of the art (by a long shot) but I'm trying to find out if VProX will use hardware acceleration with it. If so, I'd consider it as an upgrade to an old laptop that I use occasionally for my editing.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Barry
Hi
. . . . used Asus laptop . . . VProX . . . .
Have you checked that the laptop meets or exceeds the minimum specification for VPX?
If the laptop has an AMD processor then, currently, there will only Hardware Acceleration (HWA) for exporting to HEVC format.
If the laptop has an Intel processor capable of HWA, ie as a minimum a HD4600 iGPU for Full HD (1920 x 1080), or a UHD 630 for 4K (3840 x 2160) and it has been permanently disabled then there is still no HWA.
If you intend to edit Full HD (1920 x 1080) then the minimum specification you should be looking at is a quad core Intel i5 with a HD4600 or later iGPU and at least 8GB of RAM.
For 4K video you need to be looking at a UHD630 integrated GPU (iGPU) processor and preferably 16GB of RAM.
I just get away with editing 4K (3840 x 2160) on a laptop with quad core Intel i5 with 8GB of RAM, however rendering is slow ~ 2 - 3x real time depending on what transitions effects etc have been applied.
The size of the hard drive also needs consideration - the bigger the better. I would not recommend a drive smaller than 1TB particularly for editing with Full HD or 4K video.
Using proxy files will will need to be turned on to get a reasonably smooth editing experience - proxy files take up more disc space in addition to the existing space used by the source files, however they do speed things up as they need less processor power.
HTH
John EB