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johnk31742197
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March 17, 2018
Question

Graphics Card for editing 4k videos in Premiere Pro CS6

  • March 17, 2018
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Hello, I'm new to editing 4k video footage. I use Premiere Pro CS6 and eventually will switch over to the CC version. Based on my setup do I just need to upgrade my graphics card to something like the GTX-1060 with 6Gig? Or a different card? Or will I need to overhaul my complete system?

FYI: Even on 1/16 quality after rendering footage with no effects I still have difficulty playing back 4k footage.

Footage: 4k MOV (from Canon 5D mkiv)

My setup:

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3901 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

32 Gig physical RAM

32 Gig virtual RAM

Name AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series

2 Gig adapter RAM

110Gig SSD

1TB Hard drive

Model ST1000DM 003-9YN162 SCSI Disk Device

12TB External Hard drive for storage/backup, no editing from this drive

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    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    March 18, 2018

    If even after rendering you cannot play back footage I am guessing that your media and the rendered files are probably on the single 1TB hard disk drive.  How full is that drive?  IS it on a SATA II or a SATA III port?

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      johnk31742197Author
      Participant
      March 18, 2018

      After rebooting, the computer was performing very slowly, I am able to play footage that is rendered without any lag or glitches. I can only see 1080p because of the graphics card resolution but I'm able to edit fine now.

      Bill Gehrke
      Bill Gehrke
      Inspiring
      March 19, 2018

      Test your computer with my Adobe Premiere Pro BenchMark (PPBM) and submit the results

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        RjL190365
        Legend
        March 17, 2018

        In my opinion, now is a bad time to upgrade any individual components: Due to the current cryptocurrency mining craze, the PSU, RAM and especially the GPU now cost far more money than what they cost less than a year ago. At current US pricing, the GTX 1060 6GB now costs at least $400. That's over 50% higher than what it cost just 12 months ago!

        In addition, although that GTX 1060 would have been "balanced" with your current CPU, it just isn't worth spending anywhere near that much money just to balance your system's performance, especially if your CPU is too weak to handle long-GOP 4k material from any DSLR.

        You're way better off saving up your money towards a completely new rig with a strong multi-core (8 or more cores and 16 or more threads) CPU and a higher-end GPU (performance-wise) than that GTX 1060.

        To summarize: The GTX 1060 is a nice improvement over that HD 78xx series - but with a CPU platform that's equipped with a CPU that has only four cores and eight threads that's nearly six years old at this point, it simply is not worth the expense at all.

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