Davinci Resolve build advice

[Peter Petrov]

Hi all, I need a piece of advice. even if I set my playback with Optimized media I get my CPU maxed out at some case while GPU is loaded only 10-18%. Is this normal, I thought my system is well balanced?

 

The workflow is normal for the below build but I am a bit worried that the CPU-GPU balance is not right. Am I doing something wrong in the settings?

 

Ryzen 2700x

GTX 1070 8GB

16GB RAM 

Samsung Evo 970 500GB

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

you can hardly max out a modern gpu in normal workload, except when gaming

[Origami Cactus]

Totally normal, video editing doesn't use the gpu, it only uses the cpu. GPU gets used if you use video effects, such as "gaussian blur". Effects which use the graphics card have "cuda compatible" sticker on them.

 

If you don't game and only do video editing, threadripper 1950x + a gtx 1050 would have been a more optimized build. Now the best would be r9 3900x + gtx1050.

 

You are not doing anything wrong in the settings, it is just the way thing are. I wouldn't worry about it. Sometimes if you use many effects at once the gpu utilization can go up to 50%.

[Peter Petrov]

1 minute ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

you can hardly max out a modern gpu in normal workload, except when gaming

I know but as I am aware DR “likes” more the GPU, than CPU. A lot of people say that they’re quite happy with their ryzen 1700 and 2700x is a year newer and faster but still 100% loaded when moving the playhead for example.

[Peter Petrov]

6 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

Totally normal, video editing doesn't use the gpu, it only uses the cpu. GPU gets used if you use video effects, such as "gaussian blur". Effects which use the graphics card have "cuda compatible" sticker on them.

 

If you don't game and only do video editing, threadripper 1950x + a gtx 1050 would have been a more optimized build. Now the best would be 3900x + gtx1050.

 

You are not doing anything wrong in the settings, it is just the way thing are.

I guess I am mistaking image processing with image encoding which uses more CPU power.

[Origami Cactus]

1 minute ago, Peter Petrov said:

I guess I am mistaking image processing with image encoding which uses more CPU power.

If you do 3D stuff too then the gpu isn't going to waste. For example the Fusion included with Resolve.