Video editing slower on fresh W7 installl

[videobruce]

Not sure where to put this since there are many areas what/where the problem could be.

I just did a fresh W7 Pro x64 install, loaded my drivers, done some minor tweaks and loaded the video driver package (Nvidea). It was done on SSD's.
Doing video editing & processing, it use to take 1/2 the length of the video running time to process the result.
I could tell when the process is done by the cooling fan(s) slowing down and now, the AC power consumption showing on a Kill-A-Watt like meter. I DON't game!

Now, the process time is almost the same length of the clip itself; 30" clip takes around 25" instead of 15" to process as example.
The fan speed barely changes and the power consumption only increases slightly.
Also, running Passmark's 3d benchmark test (which puts the heaviest load on the system) the fan(s) barely increase in speed and the peak AC wattage is far less than before indicating something is limiting the processing. There are NO strange processes, etc running!

The original setup had a RT7 Lite stripped down W7 Pro installed, this is a original stock O/S .iso that was used. The same M$ tweaks for Performance and Appearance were done favoring performance. Clear Type is enabled, all the others are unchecked.

Other than the above, the only other difference is the Nvidea driver version that I loaded, but I'm not sure how or if that would affect program processing time. I don't know what the older driver version was.I have another streamlined W7 iso that used RTLite I'm going to try on spare SSD.

 

[samuria]

You dont say what software your using to make videos some need to scan first to create a profile for video card without that it wont use gpu. Is the format of the video the same as your making its no upscaling?

 

[videobruce]

Long story short, after more time looking into this, I decided to swap GPU drivers since nothing else seems to make any sense.
It's a older version if that matters, but it worked.
Processing time is less than before, w/o the added stress on the Processors (CPU & GPU) like before and power consumption is down also which was a given since it was obvious the system wasn't working as hard as it was before.
No idea how a different set of drivers made the difference, I always figured video drivers mostly were for the 'visual' part of the equation, aka the LCD display itself and for 'gaming' which I don't do.

The software is a older version from Movavi, Video Editor Plus v15. Their current version is 2025 I believe. I don't like the massive changes in the GUI. It's obvious that they are looking to compete with the big boys with the changes, adding more bells & whistles, debatable if they were really needed (aka M$ style).
The flaws with the older versions, most are still there, basic ones that shouldn't be in the 1st place.

.mp4 is the standard container file that I use since just about all of the videos use that. No up-scaling.

 

[samuria]

Plenty of good free video editors about now Best free video editing software of 2025: Top picks for every project and skill-level | TechRadar

 

[videobruce]

I'm sure I can come up with a list of whats wrong with those too, probably starting with the missing 'masking' function to block out watermarks & various ID's.
This isn't critical, cutting edge operation I'm doing, but, I will take a look at what they list. I have done searches in the past and I have stuck with Movavi in spite of the lack of a better 'jog' control other than single frame forward and reverse.

The "Reasons to avoid" was the best part of the reviews, starting with the 1st choice.