WMO 0 #1 April 6, 2015 Would appreciate guidance on which processor, how much RAM, and SSD or conventional hard drive for improving my render/burn times using Sony Vegas Platinum or Pro. What's optimum, what's overkill. Thanks... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 3 #2 April 6, 2015 Anything with CUDA or GPU acceleration is good. I run Vegas on an old MacBook Pro with a slow 1.83 dual proc, and am very happy. SSD is great for boot/operation, but you'll need an external or separate drive for media itself. 8-16 GB of RAM is plenty. Vegas uses ram for only two purposes; background renders and still photo buffers (for those uber-large 20MP stills). it also uses RAM when multiple copies of Vegas are open (if you're rendering 3-4 tandem videos at once, you'll be pleased with having 8-16GB of RAM). That's truly about it for Vegas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riso2k4 0 #3 April 9, 2015 Agree with DSE. SSD is great and does help speeds, but can become a large pain because you absolutely will need an external. Depending on your budget, the best thing might be a larger internal SATA. That way you don't always need to be carrying an external around with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wetrock 0 #4 April 13, 2015 after using my new computer with ssd setup I will not go back to using a hdd. I can open Vegas pro 13 in 3 seconds... I have a separate ssd for current media and that speeds up play back as well with less dropped frames and smother play back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
