Any Core I7 users yet?

Bill Warshaw · December 4th, 2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon McGuffin

Thanks for that post Jeff... I can picture you now crying in your milk over your recent upgrade all the way out here in California.... Your post is now making me rethink if I want to invest in a new system.. I think I'll probably do it sometime in late January... I'd be happy just to get an i7 at 3Ghz...

And I will second the request to find out how this chip is effecting Vegas playback performance because, as I've mentioned in the past, I can live with rendering times, let's face it I have to eat and sleep at some point so while not render during those times? But playback performance while I'm working is a legitimate concern for me and I've not been very happy with Vegas in this regard while manipulating HDV even at half the frame size..

Jon

Jon,

If you'd like to send me a small (30 second?) 8.0c project, I'll load it up and tell you how it looks. If you don't have a yousendit account (or something similar), they offer a 14 day trial.

/BILLW

Alastair Brown · December 4th, 2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Warshaw

I'll check this out tonight and report back to you. My playback of a single 23.976 HDV clip was rock solid at 23.976, using PREVIEW/FULL. I will try again with BEST/FULL. What kinda of effect would you like me to thow on the clip?

/BILLW

I think there is a render test clip somewhere that was used as the benchmark for us Vegas guys. Somebody care to point it out.

Dell have indeed launched systems with these cpu's and I doubt you could build one for less. REALLY tempting.

Corei7 920 2.66Ghz
MS Vista 64bit!
Free Creative VADO Camera (likely to be junk)
6GB Tri Channel Memory
2 x 320Gb 7200 SATA Hard Drives setup in RAID0
256Mb ATI Radeon HD3650 (anybody know how this rates for MB?)
6 x Blu Ray Burner Drive
Keyboard and Mouse

Comes in at £765 delivered. Prior to this, best I have seen for just a MOBO, cpu and 3Gb of memory was £613, so thats a heck of a lot extra for not a lot.

Jon McGuffin · December 4th, 2008, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Warshaw

I'll check this out tonight and report back to you. My playback of a single 23.976 HDV clip was rock solid at 23.976, using PREVIEW/FULL. I will try again with BEST/FULL. What kinda of effect would you like me to thow on the clip?

/BILLW

Awomse.. color correction! Also, what resolution are you previewing the image at?

Thanks Bill,

Jon

Alastair Brown · December 4th, 2008, 02:26 PM

Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam Video, Camcorder Reviews on CNET.co.uk

Review of the Creative Vado mentioned above. As expected....don't get too excited!

Mike Kujbida · December 4th, 2008, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alastair Brown

I think there is a render test clip somewhere that was used as the benchmark for us Vegas guys. Somebody care to point it out.

NEW Rendertest-HDV.veg

Quad core render times initially were around the 2 min. mark.
Latest results are as follows.
Win Vista 64 Intel core i7 940 @ 2.93 GHz 6G ram Vegas 8.0c - 1:42
Win Vista 64 Intel core i7 940 @ 2.93 GHz 6G ram Vegas 8.1 - 1:08

Can you say WOW!!.
I know what I want Santa to bring me for Christmas :-)
If my wife sees this, it'll be over my dead body :-(

Jon McGuffin · December 4th, 2008, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alastair Brown

I think there is a render test clip somewhere that was used as the benchmark for us Vegas guys. Somebody care to point it out.

Dell have indeed launched systems with these cpu's and I doubt you could build one for less. REALLY tempting.

Corei7 920 2.66Ghz
MS Vista 64bit!
Free Creative VADO Camera (likely to be junk)
6GB Tri Channel Memory
2 x 320Gb 7200 SATA Hard Drives setup in RAID0
256Mb ATI Radeon HD3650 (anybody know how this rates for MB?)
6 x Blu Ray Burner Drive
Keyboard and Mouse

Comes in at £765 delivered. Prior to this, best I have seen for just a MOBO, cpu and 3Gb of memory was £613, so thats a heck of a lot extra for not a lot.

Hmm.. I've hunted around the Dell site and was unable to locate such a cheap beast... That's an incredible price though considering it includes a blu Ray burner...

Jon

Alastair Brown · December 4th, 2008, 04:29 PM

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

Not the exact spec I quoted. Do a search on their site for i7

Jon McGuffin · December 4th, 2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alastair Brown

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

Not the exact spec I quoted. Do a search on their site for i7

Yeah, here in the States the "Studio" series systems are only shipping with Core 2 Quads still.. When I try to price a Sudio XPS, the prices jump dramatically into the $1500 range..

Bill Warshaw · December 4th, 2008, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon McGuffin

Awomse.. color correction! Also, what resolution are you previewing the image at?

Thanks Bill,

Jon

Here you go - Color Correction PLUS Levels Adjust on the source clip, which was 1080i 29.97fps. Rock solid on preview. See attached screenshot.

Alastair Brown · December 4th, 2008, 11:28 PM

Could the i7 be the Holy Grail that Vegas users have been looking for. Your rock solid frame rate looks very promising.

Andy Wilkinson · December 5th, 2008, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alastair Brown

Could the i7 be the Holy Grail that Vegas users have been looking for. Your rock solid frame rate looks very promising.

Nah Alistair, you want one of these!!!!!! :-)

At "250 times the speed of a normal PC" and ONLY £4000 - £8000 (read £400 to £800 within 3 years?) it's all getting within reach.

World's first personal supercomputer unveiled - Telegraph

Alastair Brown · December 5th, 2008, 03:37 AM

OOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

It's all very strange. CPU's went up in stages for ages then it seemed to hit a ceiling. They then started going dual core then quad.

Now the i7 has completely smashed and surpassed anything that is out there by a mile, and now stuff like this is coming.

Exciting times we live in!

You can actually buy one here.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/persona...computing.html

960 Parallel cores!

Keith Malone · December 5th, 2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Kujbida

NEW Rendertest-HDV.veg

Quad core render times initially were around the 2 min. mark.
Latest results are as follows.
Win Vista 64 Intel core i7 940 @ 2.93 GHz 6G ram Vegas 8.0c - 1:42
Win Vista 64 Intel core i7 940 @ 2.93 GHz 6G ram Vegas 8.1 - 1:08

Can you say WOW!!.
I know what I want Santa to bring me for Christmas :-)
If my wife sees this, it'll be over my dead body :-(

hi Mike

Amazing difference in render speed! What spec was your Quad core build?

Keith

Mike Kujbida · December 6th, 2008, 07:32 AM

Keith, I have a QX6700 and it came in at 01:59.

Alastair Brown · December 6th, 2008, 02:29 PM

Have caved in. All this info was too much to resist.

Talked them down to £720 inc vat and deliv and an uprated dual DVI graphics card, 2 x 320Gb in RAID0 and 6Gb of RAM. And YES, that price does include a Blu Ray Burner and a 64 bit O/S, and a free Creative Video Camera(go for around £70 on Ebay). Going to run 1Tb storage drives via eSATA.

Review

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16444&page=1

December 6th, 2008, 02:29 PM	#30
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	Have caved in. All this info was too much to resist. Talked them down to £720 inc vat and deliv and an uprated dual DVI graphics card, 2 x 320Gb in RAID0 and 6Gb of RAM. And YES, that price does include a Blu Ray Burner and a 64 bit O/S, and a free Creative Video Camera(go for around £70 on Ebay). Going to run 1Tb storage drives via eSATA. Review http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16444&page=1 Last edited by Alastair Brown; December 6th, 2008 at 03:41 PM.

December 4th, 2008, 02:26 PM	#19
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam Video, Camcorder Reviews on CNET.co.uk Review of the Creative Vado mentioned above. As expected....don't get too excited!

December 4th, 2008, 04:29 PM	#22
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	The Dell Online Store: Build Your System Not the exact spec I quoted. Do a search on their site for i7

December 4th, 2008, 11:28 PM	#25
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	Could the i7 be the Holy Grail that Vegas users have been looking for. Your rock solid frame rate looks very promising.

December 5th, 2008, 03:37 AM	#27
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	OOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! It's all very strange. CPU's went up in stages for ages then it seemed to hit a ceiling. They then started going dual core then quad. Now the i7 has completely smashed and surpassed anything that is out there by a mile, and now stuff like this is coming. Exciting times we live in! You can actually buy one here. http://www.nvidia.com/object/persona...computing.html 960 Parallel cores!

December 6th, 2008, 07:32 AM	#29
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Keith, I have a QX6700 and it came in at 01:59.