Do I Need A Graphics Card?

[jimlau]

With the Intel i7 6700k, with Iris Pro Graphics/HD Graphics 530, can I run Sony Movie Studio ok?

All Sony says is it needs 512 MB GPU memory, and it supported NVIDIA, AMD or Intel GPU

Thanks.

 

[bailojustin]

You should be fine as the intel iris pro has [strike]1gb-2gb of dedicated memory on the die[/strike].
so no, there should not be a need for a GPU.
you want to make sure you have plenty of ram for that kind of application, and a very fast hard drive.

EDIT: Disregard, I was thinking of something completely different. Not dedicated, just allocated from your memory.
For those interested in what I am talking of, This is a DXDIAG from a system we have here in the shop running intel HD 530

 

[greens]

Pretty sure they use OpenCL, and I believe AMD supports it much more fully than Nvidia.

You don't need a GPU, but a GPU would definitely improve performance. Something like an RX 460 or R7 370 would be great choices.

 

[jimlau]

You should be fine as the intel iris pro has 1gb-2gb of dedicated memory on the die.
so no, there should not be a need for a GPU.
you want to make sure you have plenty of ram for that kind of application, and a very fast hard drive.

thanks. I'll have 16GB RAM and an SSD.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from jimlau : "i7 6700k enough for sony movie studio?"

With the Intel i7 6700k, can I run Sony Movie Studio ok?

All Sony says is it needs 512 MB GPU memory, and it supports NVIDIA, AMD or Intel GPU

Thanks.

 

[bailojustin]

You should be fine as the intel iris pro has 1gb-2gb of dedicated memory on the die.
so no, there should not be a need for a GPU.
you want to make sure you have plenty of ram for that kind of application, and a very fast hard drive.

thanks. I'll have 16GB RAM and an SSD.

yes you should be fine then, No issues.

 

[Rogue Leader]

With the Intel i7 6700k, with Iris Pro Graphics/HD Graphics 530, can I run Sony Movie Studio ok?

All Sony says is it needs 512 MB GPU memory, and it supported NVIDIA, AMD or Intel GPU

Thanks.

You should be fine as the intel iris pro has 1gb-2gb of dedicated memory on the die.
so no, there should not be a need for a GPU.
you want to make sure you have plenty of ram for that kind of application, and a very fast hard drive.

The i7-6700k does not have Iris Pro Graphics, its just the Intel HD 530 graphics, and even if it did have Iris Pro graphics there is no such thing as having dedicated video memory on the die, especially not 1-2gb, that is insane.

Intel 530 graphics does use system memory so it will reserve 512mb at a minimum and run fine.

It will run Sony movie studio ok, but you would see a lot of benefits having a dedicated GPU.

 

[jimlau]

the shop I will buy from lists the 6700k + Iris Pro Graphics. is that an add-on?

 

[Rogue Leader]

the shop I will buy from lists the 6700k + Iris Pro Graphics. is that an add-on?

The shop has mis posted the specs of the 6700k. There is no such thing as an i7-6700k with Iris Pro Graphics. It does not exist.

https://ark.intel.com/products/88195/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz

Scroll to "Graphics Specifications"

Iris Pro is significantly different and faster, and only available on some LGA2011 CPUs as well as some Skylake embedded CPUS for devices like the Surface Pro, both of which the 6700k is not.