Video Card Question

[smeogan]

Hello I have a question:
I know that it is "recommended" in the system requirements to have 1GB VRam but,
my laptop has an ATI Radeon HD 4330 with 512MB VRam is it "enough" for VideoStudio X8 Ultimate?

Thanks for your answers.

[asik1]

The software is not the problem, it's your video content, your patience and your type of work that will define if it's enough.

[SoNic67]

Based on the fact that HD 4330 it's an old lower-class notebook graphics adapter, probably the rest of the laptop is not very high in performance either. You didn't specify the rest of the specs (CPU, memory size) but I would assume that video editing will work but it will be a pain on that laptop... In your signature you have a better system.

[smeogan]

Hello thanks for your replies.

Here are the full specs of the laptop:

CPU: I5 520M Quad-Core 2.4GHZ
RAM: 8GO DDR3 1333MHZ
SSD: Kingston V300 240GB 450MB/S Read-Write
GPU: Radeon HD4330 512MB
OS: Windows 10 64bit

The only bad part is the graphics card...

The other computer in my signature is my desktop pc. Too bad it's not very portative

[skier-hughes]

As has already been mentioned it will also depend on the type of video file you are editing and the edits you make.
Cutting a full HD video file and making a new file should be fine, overlaying 4k videos with filters etc will probably require a fair bit of patience, but it will work, albeit slowly.

[smeogan]

Thanks for your reply,

I tried Remote Desktop Connection to run the program on my Desktop PC from my laptop lol. It works, the quality is great somehow. There's just one problem. It messes when i read MP4 files in VS but not WMV?!

Someone else have tried these options or have any ideas to help me?
Thanks

[SoNic67]

Maybe because the MP4 files are actually using the GPU acceleration for display, as opposed to software only for WMV ones, so the remote connection cannot "intercept" the screen anymore?

You can always run gpu-z on the desktop, while editing, to monitor the real GPU usage.

[smeogan]

I tried GPU-Z on both computers while running an MP4 file on the desktop computer. Obviously the desktops GPU-Z write 0.0 MHz for both GPU Core Clock and GPU Memory Clock during a Remote Desktop Connection. On the desktop computer itself, outside of a RDC, it only uses the GPU Memory Clock. But there is no changes on the GPU-Z session on the laptop computer from running videos on the desktop comp. So i guess that the desktop's GPU is taking control of VS but GPU-Z just won tell anything from another computer in a Remote Desktop Connection. I am a bit confused.

[asik1]

Why do you care about numbers and spec? Does your current workflow OK? if yes than all is good, case closed. If not than you know who to blame.