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Kevin Richard August 4th, 2006 05:15 PM

At least we kept it civil and informative... got to give us that much :p

Steven Davis August 4th, 2006 07:36 PM

Thanks Douglas for the reply, I'm researching a mobile machine. Thanks for the info.

David Delaney August 5th, 2006 08:58 AM

IS dual core the way to go?

Greg Watts August 5th, 2006 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Delaney
IS dual core the way to go?

Dual core is essential. It's the area of greatest impact for HDV editing. I just went from an Athlon 64 3400+ to an X2 3800 running at 2.2Ghz (OC'd) and I'm seeing a significant improvement in render times. 30-50% faster depending on project settings.

Jason Robinson August 5th, 2006 01:17 PM

The Reason Dual Core Is Essential
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg Watts
Dual core is essential. It's the area of greatest impact for HDV editing. I just went from an Athlon 64 3400+ to an X2 3800 running at 2.2Ghz (OC'd) and I'm seeing a significant improvement in render times. 30-50% faster depending on project settings.

Dual core is essential because compressing video is almost entirely CPU to RAM limited. The bottle neck is how fast your CPU can getthe data from RAM and then run the millions of calculations needed to compress the video, combine pictures for fades, etc.

HD might also require a bit faster hard disk (for example, not the internal 4200RPM drives) like any 7200RPM or even a scsi 10K for some real fun.

jason

Steven Davis August 5th, 2006 02:02 PM

Well, Dell has some refurbished/outlet laptops with scsi's in them. I was looking at that possibly.

Steven Davis August 7th, 2006 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Douglas Spotted Eagle
I can just run to a CrapUSA and buy another one, swap out the drive, and I'm good to go.


Did you mean CompUSA, because I don't see it on thier site.


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