What type of new editing computer? at DVinfo.net

Brian Mercer · April 20th, 2008, 06:22 PM

At this point my head is hurting! I use Premiere Pro 2.0 on a P4 2G RAM XP system. Rendering is really slow. I want to upgrade the system. I want to upgrade to Premeire CS3.

What type of system is best? Vista 32-bit or 64-bit?

I don't have a lot of monetary resources. I was looking at an HP at Best Buy with Intel Core Quad Q6700 w/Vista 64-bit for around $1200.

I'm completely lost. Guidance required.

Rob Wood · April 20th, 2008, 07:34 PM

You may want to move this post to the Premiere forum given the specifics of your setup.

Only thing I'm aware of for Vista is that RAM should not be stinted on. 4 gig for sure (in my opinion). Absolute minimum 2 gig.

rob

ps ~ fwiw, when I flip to Vista, it'll be Vista Ultimate64, since I already have a 32bit OS with XP. I've read a few people here already using Vista64 so there should be recent info kicking around regarding that.

Lars Siden · April 22nd, 2008, 01:50 AM

Brian,

Please have a look here:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=119195

I think you should go for the Q9450 - it has SSE4 and 12mb of internal cache - both important factors when rendering.

// Lazze

Mathieu Ghekiere · April 22nd, 2008, 09:38 AM

I wouldn't go for Vista, instead of XP.
From what I've heard Vista hogs up much more recources then XP.
And to be honest, my own experience with the usability of Vista was a nightmare, I prefer XP by a long shot.

April 20th, 2008, 06:22 PM	#1
Brian Mercer Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 53	What type of new editing computer? At this point my head is hurting! I use Premiere Pro 2.0 on a P4 2G RAM XP system. Rendering is really slow. I want to upgrade the system. I want to upgrade to Premeire CS3. What type of system is best? Vista 32-bit or 64-bit? I don't have a lot of monetary resources. I was looking at an HP at Best Buy with Intel Core Quad Q6700 w/Vista 64-bit for around $1200. I'm completely lost. Guidance required.

April 22nd, 2008, 01:50 AM	#3
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	Brian, Please have a look here: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=119195 I think you should go for the Q9450 - it has SSE4 and 12mb of internal cache - both important factors when rendering. // Lazze __________________ Sony HDR-CX130,Canon 5DMKII,i7 930@4.0, 12gb memory, 3x SSD + 2x1Tb(stripe), Geforce 480, Dual 24", Win 7 x64

April 22nd, 2008, 09:38 AM	#4
Mathieu Ghekiere Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,195	I wouldn't go for Vista, instead of XP. From what I've heard Vista hogs up much more recources then XP. And to be honest, my own experience with the usability of Vista was a nightmare, I prefer XP by a long shot. __________________ http://productionsofthe3rdkind.com http://pr3k.com

April 20th, 2008, 07:34 PM	#2
Rob Wood Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 146	You may want to move this post to the Premiere forum given the specifics of your setup. Only thing I'm aware of for Vista is that RAM should not be stinted on. 4 gig for sure (in my opinion). Absolute minimum 2 gig. rob ps ~ fwiw, when I flip to Vista, it'll be Vista Ultimate64, since I already have a 32bit OS with XP. I've read a few people here already using Vista64 so there should be recent info kicking around regarding that.