Does GPU have any influence on TMPGEnc v3 performance?

[a529612]

I'm running a C2D E6600 / Radeon X1300 (128Mb RAM) setup. If I upgrade the GPU to something faster with 256 or 512Mb RAM, will it make any difference to the TMPG's performance? Thanks!

[Chewy]

Probably not much difference at all, unless you are multitasking and the cpu cores have to work a little harder helping the graphics

even the hypermemory model with a gig or more of system ram shouldn't
slow down video encoding

[anonymez]

If I upgrade the GPU to something faster with 256 or 512Mb RAM, will it make any difference to the TMPG's performance? Thanks!

Not at all. Faster CPU, and to a lesser extent, faster/more RAM will.

[a529612]

Not at all. Faster CPU, and to a lesser extent, faster/more RAM will.

What's the "sweet spot" amount of RAM for TMPGEnc v3. Is 1GB sufficient or I'll need 2GB (XP Pro OS)? Thanks!

[Chewy]

Newer games and heavy multitasking with dual core are probably the operations which might use that second gig.

[anonymez]

With XP, 1GB is enough, unless you're into gaming, as Chewy said. With Vista, 2GB is recommended. But the more/faster, the better.

(Time for a Linux plug) Running Thunderbird, Firefox with 8 or so tabs, also running XP (the entire OS) with VMware, which is running Photoshop CS2. Also running a 3D desktop (Compiz). See screenshot