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This $7000 Card Does WHAT?? – Holy $H!T
In a gripping review from Linus Tech Tips, the team delves into the performance of the Red Rocket X, a coprocessor card priced at an astonishing $7000. The video opens with a stark contrast between conventional high-end PC builds and this specialized piece of equipment, highlighting just how significant an investment it is for video editing professionals.
The discussion begins by setting the stage with a typical high-performance setup: a powerful Core i7 Extreme Edition, a 2TB NVMe SSD, two GTX Titan Xs, 128GB of RAM, and a premium motherboard—but even all that hardware amounts to only about $6800. The Red Rocket X, however, can amplify production capabilities for those working with high-resolution raw footage, particularly from Red Digital Cinema cameras.
By transitioning to Red's proprietary RAW format, video editing becomes significantly more challenging. Despite having a robust 10-core processor and a $5000 Nvidia Quadro P6000, the team experiences severe lag during playback and timeline scrubbing when handling 8K footage. The existing system struggles to keep up, creating a frustrating experience that the Red Rocket X aims to rectify.
After installing the Rocket card and enabling it within their video editing suite, the results are mixed. Surprisingly, the team finds that disabling the Rocket X yields better scrubbing performance than enabling it, leading to questions about its real benefits. Viewers witness a decrease in CPU and GPU usage when the card is disabled, raising speculation about whether this expensive hardware might be more of a 'snake-oil' product in terms of genuine acceleration capabilities.
In conclusion, while the Red Rocket X demonstrates some benefit to editing high-resolution footage, especially in certain workflows, the high cost raises concerns about its overall value in equipping every editor with one. The takeaway? If you're considering such an investment, it might be worth evaluating whether the performance gains justify the price tag, especially in environments where high-performance GPUs are already in place.
As always, let us know your thoughts about expensive tech like the Red Rocket X. Have any of you experienced similar dilemmas in tech investments? What components have you found to yield the best performance for video editing? Feel free to share your experiences and advice!
In a gripping review from Linus Tech Tips, the team delves into the performance of the Red Rocket X, a coprocessor card priced at an astonishing $7000. The video opens with a stark contrast between conventional high-end PC builds and this specialized piece of equipment, highlighting just how significant an investment it is for video editing professionals.
The discussion begins by setting the stage with a typical high-performance setup: a powerful Core i7 Extreme Edition, a 2TB NVMe SSD, two GTX Titan Xs, 128GB of RAM, and a premium motherboard—but even all that hardware amounts to only about $6800. The Red Rocket X, however, can amplify production capabilities for those working with high-resolution raw footage, particularly from Red Digital Cinema cameras.
By transitioning to Red's proprietary RAW format, video editing becomes significantly more challenging. Despite having a robust 10-core processor and a $5000 Nvidia Quadro P6000, the team experiences severe lag during playback and timeline scrubbing when handling 8K footage. The existing system struggles to keep up, creating a frustrating experience that the Red Rocket X aims to rectify.
After installing the Rocket card and enabling it within their video editing suite, the results are mixed. Surprisingly, the team finds that disabling the Rocket X yields better scrubbing performance than enabling it, leading to questions about its real benefits. Viewers witness a decrease in CPU and GPU usage when the card is disabled, raising speculation about whether this expensive hardware might be more of a 'snake-oil' product in terms of genuine acceleration capabilities.
In conclusion, while the Red Rocket X demonstrates some benefit to editing high-resolution footage, especially in certain workflows, the high cost raises concerns about its overall value in equipping every editor with one. The takeaway? If you're considering such an investment, it might be worth evaluating whether the performance gains justify the price tag, especially in environments where high-performance GPUs are already in place.
As always, let us know your thoughts about expensive tech like the Red Rocket X. Have any of you experienced similar dilemmas in tech investments? What components have you found to yield the best performance for video editing? Feel free to share your experiences and advice!
