Is Intel HD 530 good enough for Sony Vegas Pro

[Benjamin Smith]

So planned out my specs and when I went to the store to get the parts and told them I was using it for Sony Vegas and Photoshop, they told me I needed a dedicated GPU if I was gonna do editing. I know a good video card helps with rendering and playback, but before going out and getting a GTX 950 or something I'd like to know if I really need a GPU. I mean if the integrated graphics are like acceptable, then why spend more? I don't do any gaming and don't mind waiting a bit while rendering. I'm fine if Intel HD 530 is just plain horrible for editing.

CPU: Intel i3 Skylake 6100

MOBO: MAINBOARD 1151 MSI H170M PRO-VDH

RAM: 8 GB RAM PC DDR4/2133 KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY BLACK

PSU: SEASONIC S12II - 520W

HDD: 1.0 TB HDD SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-3 7200 RPM

Case: AEROCOOL V2X BLACK

 

[weilin]

I did a bit of editing in my past (adobe premiere)... A dedicated video card gives you on the fly rendering. It basically meant rendering could be done while you were editing. That way you could preview your work as soon as you made a change. If you didn't have accelerated graphics, every time you wanted to review your video, you had to pre-render before it would play back smoothly, if at all.

Now that was 10 years ago. Intel's graphics has come a long way since then. I haven't touched something like that recently to comment on the state of the art. What I can say is, skip the video card for now. If you find problems, get it later. It's not an essential, you can always add one a month or 2 down the line.