Video Hardware

I am struggling with the Adobe Creative Cloud on my PC, all the apps are working fine but I believe the problem maybe my Intel i7-950 processer is to old and is not coping well with the Adobe Products of today, Todays Intel processor as 7000 times quicker, I have had mine now for 8 years. Could this be the reason why I am struggling to use Adobe products on my PC, I have a Nvidia Graphics card GTX 650 but don't think this is a problem.have a feeling it is time for me to buy a new PC.Any help would be great thanks.Simon

Hello friendsI have just upgraded from a 2011 Mac Mini to a 2018 Mac Mini. On the 2011 I used an HDMI cable and an adapter to connect with my NEC PA231W monitor. The 2018 Mini has 4 Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports, so I now have the option of using a DisplayPort cable to connect to the monitor. Is there any advantage to doing that vs just sticking to the HDMI to DVI connection?ThanksSteve Rosenblum

Hello friendsI am not sure if it is appropriate to post this type of question on this forum. I chose it because I use my set up for Photoshop. If I have erred, please accept my apologies and redirect me if possible. I am in the process of upgrading my computer to a new 2018 Mac Mini and am wondering whether there is any need to consider upgrading my monitor. I presently use a NEC MultiSync PA241W-BK-SV 24.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor with included SpectraViewII Color Calibration Solution (including an Xrite sensor) which I purchased in 2011. At the time I bought it it was specified to have a gamut equal to 98% of the Adobe 1998 RGB color space. As far as I can tell it still works fine. However, 7 years is a long time in "Moore's Law tech years", so I wonder what, if anything, the newest monitors have to offer that my present monitor does not? It appears from the descriptions that some have higher resolution and some have "internal calibration" that allows you to switch from Adobe 1998 RGB

Hi all,I recently upgraded my editing PC from a 1050 ti to a 1080 ti, which I was really excited about, but upon running a few render tests, it really seems to do a whole lot of nothing while my CPU is breaking it's back:My issues are:1. I'd like the 1080 ti to carry a bit more of the weight2. I don't want to turn my CPU into a potato chipAm I just misunderstanding the purpose of a high speed GPU? Things seemed a lot more balanced with the 1050 ti. System specs:Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2ghz32gb DDR4-3000 MemoryGigabyte Ultra Gaming Z270X ATXWindows 10 (64)Corsair RM850x power supplyThanks so much!Andrew

Hi all, I'm working on a Mac with PP CC latest version.  I'm taking over a PP project that was originally done on Windows 7 with (4) NTFS formatted drives.  When I plugged those drives into the Mac via (USB) ports, the Mac was able to see them and I was able to find the offline media to relink to.  Here's the issue, it would see the media and even give the (check symbol) that it was found, however, after SAVING the project, closing it and re-opening the project.  It was if I never did any linking, nothing was saved.Was this an issue of the drives being Window NTFS?  and working on a Mac?My intention is to work in Mac with those NTFS drives reformated to EXFAT.Any help appreciated.

Hi All,I am working off of a Windows PC, 64GB RAM, Ryzen 16 Core, x399 ROG Mobo, attached via 10Gb Lan to a NAS with 8 x 2tb Samsung SSD's in Raid 10.Bench mark tests confirm a 9.5Gb throughput to all editing bays, the only bottleneck is our NVME Drive which slows data transfers down to about 444MB/s or 3.5Gb/sCurrently I am trying to render a short film and the progress bar doesn't move at all. The received packages from the network remain in the kilobytes but then for a half second, transfer rates go up to 2Gb/s, CPU usage goes to 40%, render time goes down by 90%, and then it falls back down. I'm looking at my NAS and it flashes when data is being sent out and it only flashes for the brief half second moments minutes apart. Not experiencing this issue on the other editing bays and haven't experienced this until now on the current machine. This render should take less than 3 minutes and with Resolve it's a dream come true; 100% CPU usage and consistent 2.1Gb/s from the NAS. Not sure

Hi everyone,I am looking for a control surface for Logic Pro and at the same time I wonder if the new Korg nanoKONTROL Studio supports Mackie / Eucon protocols, so I can use it as control surface with Adobe Premiere/Audition or Lightroom.ThanksFab

Welcome, this is my fist post on this forum, I would like to say helo to everybody. Sorry for mistakes, english is not my main language.After the last upgrade of Adobre Premiere, my old GTX 580 is not longer supported with CUDA. I have to make some upgrades.My current rig is:Intel I7 4770k (stock clock)16GB (4x4 GB DDR3)GTX 580 1.5VRAM240GB SSD for OS120GB SSD temp120GB SSD temp21TB SSD footagefew HDDs and 24" FHD Monitor.In the future I have a plan to buy brand new rig (Ryzen 2700x or Intel I9 with 32GB and 1080 or better) but right now I wolud like to spend less money.Is the GTX 780 3GB VRAM good temporary choise? On second hand market is about 120Euro.I'm using Panasonic GH5 (150Mbit 8bit), DJI Mavic Air (100Mbit) and have big backlog of FHD footage to edit.Second question is about RAM. Selling 4x4GB and buing 4x8GB ald DDR3 is not a good idea, right? My mobo have only 4 slots.Thanks for any solutions. Cheers! Mike

I am currently looking for a new computer as I currently use a iMac to edit Prores and Mp4 footage but it is not really handling it and keeps on crashing.My work colleague has a iMac pro with 14 cores which is a lot better but still not perfect.Has anyone got any suggestions on the best computer to buy for editing pro res and mp4 in premier, or should I just get an iMac pro the same as my colleague?I haven't really got a budget just which ever is the best!Look forward to your responses!

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (up to 3.4 Ghz)GPU: Geforce 1030 Gb 2GBRam : 4 GB (upgradable to 8gb)I'm looking for new PC to buy, I want to use premiere pro (any older version of cc) for some basic edits like color grading, color corection, green screen, etc... Do this PC is compatible for this??

Hi,Please help me out for best system configuration on windows to use Photoshop, Illustrator, After effects, Premiere Pro, Animate.

I have a nvida 1060 GPU and a i7 3770 3.4Ghz CPU and 16GB memory.  People keep saying i should have 32GB for 4k editing but looking at the task manager it does not seem to even use up all the 16GB.  Am I missing something. I Have 4x4GB ram sticks in so was thinking of trying to replace 2 of the 4s with 8s to get a total of 24GB.  Is this worth doing?  Can always get another 2 8GB at a later date,. My motherboard is a Gigabyte Z77-DS3H so the most memory I can put is is 32GB, I think migeststicks is 8GB.

How is this build for Rhino (and Addons), Solidworks, Maya, 3D Studio Max, V- Ray, Keyshot, Premier, Adobe Audition, Autocad, Mudbox etcSo video Editing, Effects, 3D-Animation, CAD, rendering etc.Im trying to manage around a budget of £2600 to £2875 so thinking of delaying Microsoft Student and Home 2019 and a raid 1 Mirror pair of Seagate Barracuda Pro drives most likly 4Tb onesWas also wondering about Xeon single or Dual processor boards and xeon 2145 8 core or 2155 10core(single mother board) or a single Xeon Silver 4114 10 core prcessors in a dual processor board  ( for upgrade to 2 processors later)How much better is the I9 - 7900x to a cheaper or I7 - 7800x or  6 core or I7 - 7820x processorsAlso can this output to 4k video?CaseCORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 780T FULL TOWER CASE[SIZE=3]Processor (CPU)Intel® Core™ i9 10 Core Processor i9-7900X (3.3GHz) 13.75MB CacheFREE Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 & More w/ select Intel CPUs![SIZE=3]MotherboardASUS® WS X299 SAGE: USB 3.1, SA

I have to edit a big time lapse project shoot on GoPro with 4k video time lapse, h264 made in camera (it's 2 months worth of footage, so a lot of scrubbing is needed to find the best stuff)I was wondering if overclocking will improve scrubbing performance and yield less dropped frames. If so how much do I need or can do with my cooler and if you have a guide to suggest.Here's my system:CPU: i7 8700k stockCooler: Noctua NH-U12S air coolerMobo: MSI Z370 tomahowkRAM: 16GB DDR4 2666 (2x8gb)GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GBM.2: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB (system and software including Premiere and default media cache folder)SSD: Crucial 700GB (footage and projects, previews)HDD: 4TB Seagate (archive)Also since we're talking hardware I know 16GB or ram is probably not enough for 4k but is 32gb going to improve scrubbing performance? I don't think so, that's mostly CPU work to decode h264 footage right?If you have any other suggestion about my system an maybe the way I've set up footage, projects, media cache

Hi Forum Members,I need to update an ancient Nvida 650M laptop running CS6, which struggles with FHDMy anticipated workload is FHD keeping the CS6, but I anticipate having to upgrade to CC and 4k in the future.Does anyone have any feedback on this option?Currently priced at 1,979.99 + TAX (with coupon)OMEN Laptop - 17t Best Value32 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (2x16GB)Intel® Core™ i7-8750H (2.2 GHz, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB cache, 6 cores) + NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5 dedicated)17.3" diagonal 4K IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit (3840 x 2160)8-cell 86 Wh Lithium-ion Battery1 TB 7200 rpm SATA; 512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSDIntel® Wireless-AC 9560 802.11b/g/n/ac (2x2) Gigabit Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 5 Combo(MU-MIMO supported)HP Wide Vision FHD IR Camera and dual array digital microphone with 1Thunderbolt™ 3Windows 10 Home 64

I started a thread two years ago about this PC build and never built it.  I am at the point where I really need to move forward.  The issue is my parts list was old and technology has changed.  I am doing the best I can reviewing other advice and builds and fine tuning it to my needs. If you would be so kind as to review my parts and offer some advice or suggestions.  I really need something that can scrub the timeline with no stuttering and encode a video fast.  If you see where I could save some money please let me know.  As long as it does not hurt performance too much. Thanks for your help.PC Part Picker gave me this warning.  I was thinking of using three M.2 drives.  Is it not a good idea because of this warning?The motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with a SATA 6.0 Gb/s port. When the M.2 slot is populated, one SATA 6.0 Gb/s port is disabled.The motherboard M.2 slot #3 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is p

I'm building a new PC workstation, and am hearing conflicting theories on whether I should stick with Intel because of the software optimization that is biased toward it, or to go with AMD Thread ripper.  Can someone share any advice/knowledge about which of these is the smarter route?  Thank you!

Hi all, I was wondering if my pc will be able to run Premiere Pro CC if it has an intel 6 core I7 5820k as the system requirements page states that it must be 6th gen or newer. I am pretty new to pc builds /terminology. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello there !I'm testing Animate CC for 2D animation. I have some lag when I work.I'm using it for both background and characters (puppets) sometimes very complex, with a lot of lines.No way I'm changing the general style.Maybe my processor is not good enought. What do you think ?Is the limitation from Animate CC or my configuration ?Thanks a lot !!!Motherboard : Z170ProProcessor : Intel i5 6600K (overcloak 4.3GHz)RAM : 2*16Go + 2*8Go (DDR4, 3200GHz)Graphic Card : Quadro 620PBuying a 9th generation processor is not a problem for me but I need to know if it will help or not.

Finally going to pull the trigger on building an editing PC this year, so I need some help finishing this (somewhat) budget build. I mostly edit complex 1080p timelines, occasionally working in 4K. I use a bit of After Effects, but Premiere is the primary program in mind, hence more cores.Here's what I've got so far: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9LskRJI'm pretty set on getting an i7 9700K, and I'm going with an ASRock Z370 for the motherboard. I'd like to start with 32GB of RAM for now (is DDR4-2666 good?), then potentially add a couple more 16GB sticks for 64GB down the road. I'm not sure what GPU to get (MSI Duke is a placeholder since it's out-of-stock), but I've read using a GeForce GTX 1080 chipset is ideal/affordable. Not sure if going with a 1060 or 1070 would be an alright compromise for what I'm editing. The Noctua NH-D15 is apparently very quiet, but I could be persuaded to switch out for a Cooler Master Hyper 212X if space is an issue.Speaking of which, I'm hoping this can

Hi, I'm in the market to purchase a new laptop and have narrowed it down to 2 possibilities, but would love the advise of the community here.I do a lot of video editing on Premiere Pro CC and also use a great deal of Photoshop.I just don't know which of these would be better for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.The laptops I'm looking into are:HP ENVY x360 - 15-cn0010tx Hardware Product number 4NE33PA Product name HP ENVY x360 - 15-cn0010tx Microprocessor Intel® Core™ i5-8250U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.4 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) Memory, standard 8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB) Video graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated) Hard drive 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD Display 15.6" diagonal FHD IPS BrightView WLED-backlit touch screen (1920 x 1080) Keyboard Full-size island-style backlit keyboard with numeric keypad Pointing device HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support Wireless connectivity Intel® Wireless-AC 7265 802.1

Sorry for such a boring question but how do you choose the best work machine to advance in both graphic design abilities plus film and video. Without having to spend the enormous effort of switching machines.

Good morning,Given the numerous problems of various types encountered lately with Premiere Pro, I was advised to update my CPU.I generally use Adobe Premiere, Photoshop and Illustrator. With the premiere in Full HD, 4K and occasionally with 6K.I would like a processor that allows me a good workflow on the timeline, both in playback and applying effects, obviously setting depth of Bit etc. at most.My indecision is between an Intal i7 8700, an i7 7700k and a Ryzen 7 2700x.My current processor is an Intel Core i7 930 2.80MHz.Thank you.

Hello Bob, Since I too use predominately Premiere and AE what would you recommend for me to update my laptop to in the $1k-1500 range? Thanks

Hey there all! Just curious on what laptop youd recommend for film editing. No explanation needed...just shoot.