The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    What determines render speed in premiere pro cs6?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by ObserverJLin, Jun 2, 2012.

  1. ObserverJLin

    ObserverJLin Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    77
    Messages:
    382
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Hello.
    When I render a HD 1920x180 H.264 video it takes hours for a 10min clip on my Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 @ 2.66GHz CPU laptop.
    I'm thinking of getting a new powerful laptop. Can you please give me some advise on what components in the computer make a big difference in render speeds?
     
    ObserverJLin, Jun 2, 2012
    #1
  2. w3ak3stl1nk

    w3ak3stl1nk Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    3
    Messages:
    217
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I thought cs6 was OpenCL based? so any decent GPU should do fine. I think there are also some drive dependencies also, but those might be secondary to the GPU.
     
    w3ak3stl1nk, Jun 2, 2012
    #2
  3. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    468
    Messages:
    1,369
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Cores. Although there's been some progress in GPU powered encoding too (former attempts had reasonable speed but lacked quality). If you really want to render, an i7 and Quick Sync are your best bet.
     
    olyteddy, Jun 2, 2012
    #3
  4. w3ak3stl1nk

    w3ak3stl1nk Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    3
    Messages:
    217
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    w3ak3stl1nk, Jun 2, 2012
    #4
  5. ObserverJLin

    ObserverJLin Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    77
    Messages:
    382
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    31
    What about GPU's? Do they make any difference in render speeds/time?
    For example I hear Nvidia's CUDA cores work well with Premiere pro but I'm not sure if they meant render speeds. Also I'm looking at getting the 7970M so I hope that can contribute to faster renders. I would prefer 680M but I hear it is going to be so much more expensive than 7970m. So I don't think it'll be worth it.

    Bottom line question. A laptop with i7 3610QM + 7970m vs i7 3610QM + 680m. Who is going to render a 10min High Definition H.264 video quicker and by how much?
     
    ObserverJLin, Jun 2, 2012
    #5
  6. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    468
    Messages:
    1,369
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    olyteddy, Jun 2, 2012
    #6