Rendering speed & USB drives at DVinfo.net

Ervin Farkas · January 30th, 2009, 06:58 AM

I read a lot about how an external USB drive (the transfer speed to be more accurate) is the bottleneck when it comes to rendering.

So I am wondering... if, while rendering a project hosted on an external USB drive, my Task Manager shows both CPUs working 100% and out of 1GB of memory 1GB is used -- does this mean I have NO bottleneck?

Harm Millaard · January 30th, 2009, 12:22 PM

It means that at the moment you measured these data, your bottleneck was CPU and memory. That does not mean that the USB drive will not be a bottleneck at a later stage. You likely have a multitude of bottlenecks. Whether that should bother you is a question only you can answer.

January 30th, 2009, 06:58 AM	#1
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	Rendering speed & USB drives I read a lot about how an external USB drive (the transfer speed to be more accurate) is the bottleneck when it comes to rendering. So I am wondering... if, while rendering a project hosted on an external USB drive, my Task Manager shows both CPUs working 100% and out of 1GB of memory 1GB is used -- does this mean I have NO bottleneck? __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

January 30th, 2009, 12:22 PM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	It means that at the moment you measured these data, your bottleneck was CPU and memory. That does not mean that the USB drive will not be a bottleneck at a later stage. You likely have a multitude of bottlenecks. Whether that should bother you is a question only you can answer.