Do I need more RAM to decrease rendering time?

[Pikaboo]

Hi.

Basically, how do i decrease the render time after i finish editing my video on sony vegas for example?

Do I need to add more RAM? Better graphic card or? Atm I have 4Gb ram and a crappy hd400gc lol.

Can someone help me? I love you if you do

 

[lehtv]

Your CPU does the rendering so if you want faster rendering, you need a better CPU.

Can you post your full system specs

 

[Blue_Max]

CTRL-SHIFT-ESC and watch the system properties to see if you're actually OUT of physical RAM. If not, that's not the issue.

 

[Skott]

I thought ram helped in rendering times? I'm always hearing best cpu and as much ram as you can get was the way to go. Generally speaking. Which program used may have differences I suppose.

 

[Pikaboo]

Your CPU does the rendering so if you want faster rendering, you need a better CPU.

Can you post your full system specs

i5-3230 2.60 GHz

 

[mikeymikec]

CTRL-SHIFT-ESC and watch the system properties to see if you're actually OUT of physical RAM. If not, that's not the issue.

If physical memory usage is beyond 80% then you probably could do with some more. Usually at around that point, Windows starts swapping and a performance drop-off will probably become noticeable.

I wouldn't regard 80% as a figure set in stone though, as 80% of 16GB is 12.8GB, leaving quite a bit left over.

 

[mfenn]

I thought ram helped in rendering times? I'm always hearing best cpu and as much ram as you can get was the way to go. Generally speaking. Which program used may have differences I suppose.

RAM only matters for encoding (what many suites call "rendering" or "exporting") if you don't have enough of it and start swapping. Simple encoding does not take much memory at all, just enough to hold the current context. The bulk of the video file is being read in and written out to disk.

RAM is super important for editing machines because most editing suites use a ton of memory. Encoding is certainly a part of editing, but it seems like that's not what the OP is having trouble with.

 

[Blain]

Can you post your full system specs

i5-3230 2.60 GHz

A CPU does not a full system make.

 

[mfenn]

i5-3230 2.60 GHz

That's not the full system specs.

It looks like that is actually the i5-3230M, which is a laptop dual-core. Assuming you're not running out of memory (unlikely), there's not much that's going to make your encoding go faster short of buying a new laptop with a quad core (or better yet building a desktop).

 

[Blue_Max]

A CPU does not a full system make.

*Pokes silicon wafer and looks up sadly*

...but... why not?

()

 

[aigomorla]

A CPU does not a full system make.

almost did a yoda!




I think he's asking for your cpu... Amt of Ram... OS ur using... and the Hard drive (maker / size / model)
Example:
I5-2XXX + 4GB of DDR3-1600 + Western Digital Blue 1TB....

^
That should give us enough info.