Cpu is very important, it is the base that will speed everything up. Then comes ssd, then, in my opinion, ram for faster previews. Ram also affects overall render speed. Gpu is nice to speed up some effects and to encode video using cuda, but not a central or major part of ae workflow, as long as it does the job and youre not relying on raytracing

On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Anders Sundstedt wrote:

Is there any graphic card upgrades at all that will boost RAM preview for Classic 3D comps?

Anders

 

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RAM and SSD make a really big difference especially if you do multi-proc rendering.

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Todd Kopriva <toddkopriva@gmail.com> wrote:

I agree with Mylenium that more RAM and a bigger SSD would be a good idea. Both will help with overall speed, especially if you use the SSD for the After Effects disk cache.

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