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by Scott Fairbairn on Thu Dec 19, 2019 5:25 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Good article on what to spend your computer $$$ on for best Capture One performance:
https://www.dtcommercialphoto.com/where ... pture-one/


Interesting. Would an external GPU benefit me with my 2017 5K iMac 27" ? I have 40gigs of Ram, 2TB fusion HD. 

Something like this?
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/HELFX6RX580/
 

by E.J. Peiker on Thu Dec 19, 2019 8:05 pm
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I really don't know, it would be a great question to ask on Phase One's support site.
 

by signgrap on Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:04 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Good article on what to spend your computer $$$ on for best Capture One performance:
https://www.dtcommercialphoto.com/where ... pture-one/
Question for E.J.
This article has got me thinking that instead of building a brand new computer (which I'd rather not do at this time because of the $$$$); I should try upgrading the computer I built a little over 5 years ago - upgrading just the GPU performance by adding a second identical EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked DirectX 12 4GB 128-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card.  This card will cost only $330 and should more than pay for itself when using C1-20.  I realize that this is a stop gap fix but if I understand correctly it should provide a noticeable improvement in performance when using Capture 1.  Is this an accurate assessment?.  
The computer is running Win 10 Pro with 32 GB RAM  and i7-4771 Haswell Quad-Core 3.5GHz CPU
From my assessment the bottleneck appears to be the GPU - redraw times are becoming painful with a7R4 files when making slider adjustments.

 
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:57 pm
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Personally I would not go that upgrade route but rather replace it with a single modern video card like a 2060 for about the same price. Yes this would provide substantial improvement, I believe much more than adding a second old and slow card by today's standards. The next thing, if your mobo allows it would be to go to 64GB of RAM and if you aren't already suing an SSD, definitely go there. If you can make a slot base m.2 SSD work on your system, that would be a dramatic speedup as well compared to the traditional HD replacement type SSD.
 

by signgrap on Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:41 pm
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Thanks, E.J.,  That makes sense; just shows you how much I'm out of touch with the latest tech.
Putting in a new 2060 card seems the way to go.  Best I can tell I'm max'ed out on the RAM.  I've searched 2060 cards and here's what I've come up with:
https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-rtx ... 6814126334
or
https://www.newegg.com/msi-geforce-rtx- ... 6814137477
These cards are big but I 'm fairly sure the'll fit into my computer as it is a full size large case.
I went with a card that had 8GB as the more GDDR6 the better was my take away from that article - it added about $40-50 to the price of the card.  Since I don't really understand the technology are these appropriate for C1?   Anything else I should be aware of before I make my purchase?
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:55 pm
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I'd go with the ASUS simply because it draws a bit less power. You will need to insure your power supply can handle it as one of these draws thee times as much power as your old card. What is the spec of your power supply in your computer?
 

by signgrap on Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:17 pm
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The power supply - CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Dec 25, 2019 8:58 am
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signgrap wrote:The power supply  - CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
No problem at all then :)
 

by signgrap on Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:09 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:
signgrap wrote:The power supply  - CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
No problem at all then :)
Thanks so much E.J.  Once again you help to keep me from making costly mistakes  :D
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