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Kiflom Bahta · July 7th, 2010, 12:51 AM

hi guys, i am switching to full HD and my old pc core 2 duo 2.4 is not cutting it any more. I use premier cs4. What process do you guys recommended. AMD or i7. thx

Lukas Siewior · July 7th, 2010, 03:41 PM

Guys in Adobe section are all saying that you'll need i7-930 with 9-12GB Ram and powerful 1GB video card. Of course loads of hard drives in Raid mode (1+0 or 5).

Kiflom Bahta · July 8th, 2010, 12:26 AM

Thanks lukas, how about the new AMD phenom. they look more bang for the buck

Chris Davis · July 8th, 2010, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lukas Siewior

Guys in Adobe section are all saying that you'll need i7-930 with 9-12GB Ram and powerful 1GB video card.

Well, "need" is a bit strong of a term. Perhaps "want". I have a laptop with 6GB and an i7-720QM and it handles HDV and AVCHD just fine in Adobe.

Heck, my Q6600 quad-core desktop with 4GB is entirely usable with the same material.

Kiflom, just set your budget and buy the fastest machine you can. No sense drooling over a $6,000 workstation when you only have $2,000.

Oh yeah, and dollar-for-dollar, you'll get more value out of AMD. But I still gravitate toward Intel...

Kiflom Bahta · July 10th, 2010, 11:37 PM

Thank you guys. i leaning towards intel i7 930

Lukas Siewior · July 11th, 2010, 06:44 AM

I'd like to ask a question related to this topic:

is there any hardware (i.e. video card) that allows to speed up rendering process? Or also helps CPU with real time preview of timeline?

Chip Thome · July 11th, 2010, 07:41 AM

Adobe has incorporated the CUDA technology that's available in most NVIDIA video cards into CS5. Not sure about anyone else.

July 7th, 2010, 12:51 AM	#1
Kiflom Bahta Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 203	PC for HD hi guys, i am switching to full HD and my old pc core 2 duo 2.4 is not cutting it any more. I use premier cs4. What process do you guys recommended. AMD or i7. thx

July 7th, 2010, 03:41 PM	#2
Lukas Siewior Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lyndhurst, NJ, USA Posts: 408	Guys in Adobe section are all saying that you'll need i7-930 with 9-12GB Ram and powerful 1GB video card. Of course loads of hard drives in Raid mode (1+0 or 5).

July 8th, 2010, 12:26 AM	#3
Kiflom Bahta Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 203	Thanks lukas, how about the new AMD phenom. they look more bang for the buck

July 10th, 2010, 11:37 PM	#5
Kiflom Bahta Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 203	Thank you guys. i leaning towards intel i7 930

July 11th, 2010, 06:44 AM	#6
Lukas Siewior Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lyndhurst, NJ, USA Posts: 408	I'd like to ask a question related to this topic: is there any hardware (i.e. video card) that allows to speed up rendering process? Or also helps CPU with real time preview of timeline?

July 11th, 2010, 07:41 AM	#7
Chip Thome Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay Wisconsin Posts: 553	Adobe has incorporated the CUDA technology that's available in most NVIDIA video cards into CS5. Not sure about anyone else.