11/27/2025

Hi everyone,
I am planning a projection setup with three projectors driven from a single server. The current canvas resolution is 5984 × 1600, and we may switch to 4K projectors which would push this to about 8972 × 2400. The system will also include five sensors that trigger animations.

The playback would involve at least 13 layers of 2-3minutes videos (Codec: NotchLC) at 2K or 4K depending on the final setup. I will not have access to the full hardware until installation, so I am trying to understand the performance risk. My main concern is whether this server can handle that many layers at those resolutions without stuttering, depending on how Vertex loads and manages the media. One workaround would be cropping layers to the visible areas rather than using full-canvas files.

I would appreciate any insight into how you would evaluate performance for this kind of setup, and how Vertex handles multiple high-resolution layers.

Server specs:
Brentford W210 Intel Vertex workstation
• Intel Core i9-13900K, 24C/32T, 3.0–5.8 GHz
• High-end CPU cooler
• Asus Prime Z790-P with WiFi and Bluetooth
• 64 GB DDR4 3200 MHz (2 × 32 GB)
• PNY NVIDIA RTX A4500, 20 GB GDDR6 ECC
• 1 TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD
• 4 × 2 TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD (RAID)
• Windows 10 Pro