Upgrade my CPU or GPU?

[Jon Chambers]

Without going into specs, my GPU is definitely due an upgrade more than my CPU, but if I bought a new GPU, would Animate even use it to its fullest?

As my animation is getting larger, I'm finding it will occasionally freeze for a minute while editing. It doesn't do it often, but it would be nice if the freezes were shorter.

[Asymetrical]

What are the specs on your computer? GPU and CPU as well as ram?

[Jon Chambers]

Processor

Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz

Manufacturer

Intel

Speed

2.7 GHz

Number of Cores

4

CPU ID

BFEBFBFF000506E3

Family

06

Model

5E

Stepping

3

Revision

Memory

RAM

16 GB

Video Card

Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Manufacturer

NVIDIA

Chipset

GeForce GTX 580

Dedicated Memory

1.5 GB

Total Memory

4.0 GB

Pixel Shader Version

5.0

Vertex Shader Version

5.0

Hardware T & L

Yes

Vendor ID

10DE

Device

1080

Plug and Play ID

VEN_10DE&DEV_1080&SUBSYS_086A10DE&REV_A1

Driver Version

21.21.13.6909

Operating System

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 (build 14393), 64-bit

Service Pack

0

Size

64-bit

Edition

Version

10.0.14393

Locale

0C09

BIOS

BIOS

BIOS Date: 08/01/15 00:19:26 Ver: 05.0000B

Version

American Megatrends Inc. P1.20

Manufacturer

American Megatrends Inc.

Date

08/01/15

Sound

Audio 1

Sound Device

Microsoft® LifeCam Studio(TM)

Driver

10.0.14393.0

Audio 2

Sound Device

Realtek High Definition Audio

Driver

6.0.1.7614

Audio 3

Sound Device

NVIDIA High Definition Audio

Driver

1.3.34.15

Audio 4

Sound Device

NVIDIA High Definition Audio

Driver

1.3.34.15

Audio 5

Sound Device

NVIDIA High Definition Audio

Driver

1.3.34.15

Audio 6

Sound Device

NVIDIA High Definition Audio

Driver

1.3.34.15

Audio 7

Sound Device

NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)

Driver

1.2.40.0

Drives

DVD

PLDS BD-RE DH-8B2SH

CD

PLDS BD-RE DH-8B2SH

Drive 1

Size

1.7 TB

Free Memory

1.5 TB

Drive 2

Size

120.0 GB

Free Memory

4.1 GB

Software

Internet Explorer

11.576.14393.0

Chrome

55.0.2883.87

Firefox

Safari

Java

Flash

18.0.0.203

DirectX

11.0

.NET

4.6.2

QuickTime

Adobe PDF Reader

[Jon Chambers]

Definitely not the RAM. I checked. The CPU was running at 34%, so not too sure what to make of that.

[Asymetrical]

Well honestly I'd say an i5 doesn't hold much power and your GPU isn't that powerful either. Is this a laptop?

[Jon Chambers]

It's a desktop, and has a good case for upgrading

[Asymetrical]

Yeah OK well I'd upgrade both the video card and the processor if you're having issues and you can do so. I run a 3.6 GB quad core i7 and I have a nVidia 8600 GPU and my rig never hiccups using Animate. I also have 16 GB of memory in it.

[Jon Chambers]

I'm on a budget. So, although I could upgrade both, I'd rather upgrade one properly. Also, which one is doing the heavy lifting? Does Animate actually max out my GPU, or is the bottleneck in the CPU? I don't want to upgrade both if only one of them is causing the problems.