I would always go with i7 and when I talk to people how are more into that part they say i7

I have a Dell T7500 workstation with dual hex-core xeon X5675s (3.06Ghz) and 36GB of memory. Replaced the business class graphics card with a recommended nVidia GTX 970. It doesn't even break a sweat running vMix.

Here is a nice article which sums up the answer to your question. https://www.pugetsystems...-Xeon-E5-vs-Core-i7-634/

so may I get a clarification?

Usually I am ingesting up to 3 sources, streaming and recording program simultaneously. In my experience with vMix HD, an (older) i7 works fine (<50%).

BUT if I am using vMix-4K with the multicorder operating too, do I need/prefer multiple cores or the i7's speed?

I am using 8-16 Gig of ram and a graphics card too.

Thanks

@ HWL

I would suggest that you are better served with a higher end processor when placing demands on the CPU with processes such as encoding and recording, but that is not to say that older and/or lesser processors will not perform satisfactorily (depending on what you are doing and for how long) especially when pared with a newer high-end NVidea card that can assume some of those processing tasks:

http://forums.vmix.com/d...ts&m=20150#post20150

So, a lot depends on your "standards" of what is acceptable or desirable from a performance standpoint. There is nothing wrong with pushing a 'System' to the limit once in a while, but no 'System' will remain stable in that condition for an indefinite period of time. If you need a reliable "workhorse" that can tackle anything you throw at it with vMix, then I would look at getting your 'System' to do what you are currently doing at less than 10% CPU usage. If you are content with running at 50% or less and don't mind pushing it to 80% or 90% periodically, then you will probably be able to get by with what you've got, provided you're not doing it for hours on end.

Not sure if that really answers your question, but what you "need" can be different from what you "prefer", since preference is somewhat subjective. The bottom line is, though, that higher end components will yield better long term results.


Ice