Hyperthread setup?

[crossfirepix]

Software: Vegas 5
Processor: Pentium 660 3.2 ghz, 1g RAM
User: Vegas Rookie

1. My rendering times are as slow as a parapeligic turtle doin' the moonwalk up Pike's Peak. I noticed when looking at the processor's performance only 1 thread of the CPU showed up to work. Is there a way to capitalize on both threads to speed rendering?

2. Are VASST plugins a good substitute for Magic Bullet (speed, quality, ect.)

[scharky]

I don't think vegas 5 supported Multi threaded CPU's, vegas 6 does however.

[crossfirepix]

I thought that might be the case. Might be time to upgrade. Thanx scharky!

[nullphonic]

parapeligic turtle doin' the moonwalk up Pike's Peak

I'm stealing this quote :grin:

HyperThreading caught a lot of client apps off gaurd thinking that "dual processors" would never saturate client markets. I'm a software developer and I've done a lot of server apps that run on dual and quad processors and I'm really impressed with the HyperThreading "simulation" so to speak. I didn't think I would be but it's very cool.

Anyway, scharky is absolutely correct, time to move to V6 :thumbsup:

[trypt0phan]

Can't you use two instances of the network render app, and point those both to the same computer (the one you are working on).

I think you use different settings somewhere, I forgot exactly.

But that was a workaround for the dual processor system I had when I had version 5.

Version 6 takes into account hyperthreading and dual processors from the get-go...like it was already stated here.



trypto

[Norm Sanders]

2. Are VASST plugins a good substitute for Magic Bullet (speed, quality, ect.)

I've not used it myself, so I can't speak from experience, but I've heard others say it's faster. Bottom line, from what I know VASST plugin's are just saved templates using the FX that already come native with VEGAS, so you're not REALLY using a third party plug in ... in other words, you're just manipulating Vegas' own color correction, levels, etc.

So for speed it should SMOKE over Magic Bullet's. I can't really say that quality would be any different ... it's just more a matter of which one you like better with your own naked eye. I've seen JPEG's of side by side comparisons, and though they've done a great job of coming VERY close to Magic Bullet's various looks, there's still a SLIGHT difference. Just more of a preference on the user's part, and if you want the speed, etc. of VASST.