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Vincent Winterling
Vineland, NJ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brad Feuerhelm
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 11:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Radeon or Geforce
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I'm in the market to upgrade my video card.
> 
> Right now I have a Geforce 430 with 1gig mem..
> 
> I've been looking and can't decide if Radeon or Geforce is better at
> rendering in Vegas Pro 12
> 
> I've been looking at the Radeon 480 with 4gig or the Geforce 1060 with
> 4gig. I might be able to go to the 8gig model if I can find a good price for
> it.
> 
> I've heard that 4 gig is the limit pretty much for rendering. Don't know
> how true that is though.
> 
> So which brand is better and is 4gig plenty or would 8gig make a big
> difference?
> 
> Right now my rendering takes about an hour and a half for a DVD video
> or about 4 hours for a blue-ray. How much of a difference in rendering
> time will I see with either model and mem. configuration?
> 
> I'm running Win 7 64 bit with 16gig of memory, I5 at 3.5ghz. and a WD
> Black 1tb.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Brad

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