Ideal System for Premiere Pro 2.0 at DVinfo.net

Robert Schultz · August 2nd, 2006, 04:44 PM

My question is this.

I've used Sony Vegas, Final Cut Pro, and am now trying my hand at Premiere Pro 2.0 from a friend's copy. While Vegas works fine, Premiere seems incredibly slow in accessing video from the timeline, playback, etc. I'm currently running on an Athlon 64 2800+ system, 1 meg of DDR400 memory, and a 6800 Nvidia Card. I do not have the system set up for RAID which is what some folks have suggested.

Am I missing something?

Kenneth Massey · August 2nd, 2006, 05:37 PM

Try adding more RAM, Have a separte HD for your projects 7600 RPM or Faster, Stop all unneccasry services in control panel and then try.

I have no problems with pre pro 2.0 works very well for me.

Christopher Lefchik · August 2nd, 2006, 09:09 PM

Kenneth's suggestions are good. While I have not dived into any big projects with Premiere Pro 2.0 yet, it has been very responsive so far on my system. I'm running a setup with a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, nVidia FX5700 graphics card, and dedicated 7200RPM hard drives for video projects (no RAID).

Dan Burnap · August 3rd, 2006, 06:53 AM

I am running a P4 3.0 Dual Channel.
2GB Ram
36GB 10,000rpm 16MB buffer SATA II for the system drive
140GB SATA II 16mb 7200rpm RAID 0 for projects.
128MG ATI Graphics card

It still bogs down sometimes

Nick Vaughan · August 3rd, 2006, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Schultz

My question is this.

I've used Sony Vegas, Final Cut Pro, and am now trying my hand at Premiere Pro 2.0 from a friend's copy. While Vegas works fine, Premiere seems incredibly slow in accessing video from the timeline, playback, etc. I'm currently running on an Athlon 64 2800+ system, 1 meg of DDR400 memory, and a 6800 Nvidia Card. I do not have the system set up for RAID which is what some folks have suggested.

Am I missing something?

I'm running an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+, 2gb corsair xms 3200, 250 gb wd caviar for storage, 80gb caviar for system, radeon x1900xtx. It cooks the hell out of anything I throw at it. PP2.0 runs like butter off a biscuit.

David Walding · August 19th, 2006, 01:27 PM

Nick,
Are you running 64bit Windows as well?

Leo Zheng · August 20th, 2006, 07:59 AM

I got a new system delivered just last week:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz
1.0G Ram
640GB 7,200RPM RAID 0
GeForce 7600 GT 256M

PP2 runs smooth and fast. In my experience, highest CPU speed is more important for this type of software than biggest memory.

David Ziegelheim · August 20th, 2006, 09:52 AM

1GB of RAM??? You really need more than that. If not for PP over XP, for anything over Vista.

Gary Bettan · August 21st, 2006, 10:15 AM

I agree. For video editing workstations we strongly recommend going with 2GB of RAM

Gary

Trenton Scott · August 21st, 2006, 10:47 AM

The theme is 2!

If you are CPU-bound, then moving to a dual-CPU motherboard certainly helps; PPro loves to SMP in a two-way environment. If you are memory-bound, then upgrading to 2 GB of RAM and striping two 10K disks together is critical.

2GB is always better than 1GB. 2 striped disks are always better than 1. 2 CPUs are definately better than 1 when editing with PPro.

Hey, if you're not in Adobe Nirvana at this point, then stick a Quadro FX graphics accelerator in your PCI Express slot and PPro will offload work to it too!

August 2nd, 2006, 04:44 PM	#1
Robert Schultz New Boot Join Date: May 2006 Location: Irvine, California Posts: 7	Ideal System for Premiere Pro 2.0 My question is this. I've used Sony Vegas, Final Cut Pro, and am now trying my hand at Premiere Pro 2.0 from a friend's copy. While Vegas works fine, Premiere seems incredibly slow in accessing video from the timeline, playback, etc. I'm currently running on an Athlon 64 2800+ system, 1 meg of DDR400 memory, and a 6800 Nvidia Card. I do not have the system set up for RAID which is what some folks have suggested. Am I missing something?

August 20th, 2006, 07:59 AM	#7
Leo Zheng Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: College Park, MD Posts: 34	I got a new system delivered just last week: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz 1.0G Ram 640GB 7,200RPM RAID 0 GeForce 7600 GT 256M PP2 runs smooth and fast. In my experience, highest CPU speed is more important for this type of software than biggest memory. __________________ Leo

August 21st, 2006, 10:15 AM	#9
Gary Bettan Sponsor: Electronic Mailbox Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Glen Cove, NY Posts: 757	I agree. For video editing workstations we strongly recommend going with 2GB of RAM Gary __________________ Check out http://www.videoguys.com 800 323-2325 We are the video editing and live video production experts! DV InfoNet members save 5%! Use Coupon Code DVINFO5OFF

August 21st, 2006, 10:47 AM	#10
Trenton Scott Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Posts: 37	The Theme: "2 + Quadro" The theme is 2! If you are CPU-bound, then moving to a dual-CPU motherboard certainly helps; PPro loves to SMP in a two-way environment. If you are memory-bound, then upgrading to 2 GB of RAM and striping two 10K disks together is critical. 2GB is always better than 1GB. 2 striped disks are always better than 1. 2 CPUs are definately better than 1 when editing with PPro. Hey, if you're not in Adobe Nirvana at this point, then stick a Quadro FX graphics accelerator in your PCI Express slot and PPro will offload work to it too! __________________ www.sonatasys.com video production, multimedia post and web integration

August 2nd, 2006, 05:37 PM	#2
Kenneth Massey Tourist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brampton, ont Canada Posts: 4	Try adding more RAM, Have a separte HD for your projects 7600 RPM or Faster, Stop all unneccasry services in control panel and then try. I have no problems with pre pro 2.0 works very well for me.

August 2nd, 2006, 09:09 PM	#3
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	Kenneth's suggestions are good. While I have not dived into any big projects with Premiere Pro 2.0 yet, it has been very responsive so far on my system. I'm running a setup with a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, nVidia FX5700 graphics card, and dedicated 7200RPM hard drives for video projects (no RAID).

August 3rd, 2006, 06:53 AM	#4
Dan Burnap Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 335	I am running a P4 3.0 Dual Channel. 2GB Ram 36GB 10,000rpm 16MB buffer SATA II for the system drive 140GB SATA II 16mb 7200rpm RAID 0 for projects. 128MG ATI Graphics card It still bogs down sometimes

August 19th, 2006, 01:27 PM	#6
David Walding Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Claremore Ok Posts: 44	Nick, Are you running 64bit Windows as well?

August 20th, 2006, 09:52 AM	#8
David Ziegelheim Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warren, NJ Posts: 398	1GB of RAM??? You really need more than that. If not for PP over XP, for anything over Vista.