Hi all
Year ago I built my Dad a quad core Intel system and he used software from years ago to make films and encode them. Ulead and so forth.
Then I installed a Geforce 260 GTX (back in the day.. one of the best value gaming and CUDA cards) and we ticked the box on the film editing software (I think he was on Corel Studio Pro....dunno which version) and it was quicker. Notably quicker.
Then over several years he upgraded the software and the OS went to Win7 from XP pro etc.
Now.. He's on Corel Studio Pro 8 and frankly CUDA was doing nothing.
I got him a new GTX570 from Ferral because it was worthy but CUDA seems to do nothing except in moments of additional graphic effects. In short CUDA does little.
And I have spend HOURS downloading patches and fiddling with settings.
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What I want to know please is this:
Idf we build him a new rig, which we will, with loads of ram and a Core i7 beasty, and SSD's coming out of every orrifice.....
Does a CUDA card (or indeed an AMD Radeon) DO enough with ANY software to make it a key component?
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/te...a/applications
this shows Corel Video Studio X3.. I think that's quite old
CUDA went through a change recently and I understand little of it. But I see less chat about it's power for video encoding than I did years ago.
Can someone please, in simple terms, explain whether a quick Corei7 will rip and GPU a new hole and make it effectively redundant? And if not, if CUDA still
rocks.. in WHAT software does it rock please?
I know it's a minefield. But I need to build it right for him AND he might need to learn ALL new software!
Thanks