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03-19-2006, 03:25 PM
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when you say noticably, how much quicker?
although I know that dial core is supposed to be faster/better. the difference between your two processors is 400mhz, which in the not to distant past was a top end processor speed in it's own right!
so to get the best out of my system, I should get dual core, plenty of ram, Raid the HDD setup, and get a good yet not rediculously big GXF card?
On previous systems in the past (4/5 years ago) I have tried to setup for editing, the computer was slow, the video jerky, and the capture dropped frames, and generally it was an arse and a half to try and edit with. will this new setup whistle through capture, enable me to work effieicently with video clips, and generally mean I don't have to be so patient with the edit?
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03-19-2006, 04:48 PM
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The GFX card will have very little effect on your editing. Follow this simple rule - get as fast a dual core CPU as you can possibly afford, minimum 2GB of good quality RAM (not cheap stuff), and a good RAID HD set up - knowyourenemy gives some solid advice. If you want to splurge on a GFX card, go ahead, but not at the expense of the above. A superfast 512MB top of the line card will only really be worth it if you are looking to play games. There really is no justification for spending that kind of money otherwise. It won't be a drag on your system in any way, but if you are diverting funds that would be spent on CPU/RAM/HD, then that would be a huge mistake.
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03-19-2006, 04:50 PM
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cool, ok that all makes sense!
silly question, but what's the difference between ram that is say £60 per GB and Ram that's £100 per GB?
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03-20-2006, 09:00 AM
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" silly question, but what's the difference between ram that is say £60 per GB and Ram that's £100 per GB? "
The price ! I think there is a hyped market for fast ram from the world of overclocking, you know the stuff, all glam and silly heat sinks.
In my expirience the speed of the ram, above the reccomended speed, makes very little difference to performance.
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03-20-2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by knowyouremeny
Thank goodness for SATA... isn't really any faster, but it keeps your case nice and tidy and isn't a pain to work with.
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whoa, dont go so far with that. 10,000 rpm sata drives are faster than 10,000 rpm scsi drives, and scsi blows the hell out of IDE. SATA is the way to go when editing, by far.
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03-20-2006, 01:24 PM
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Go for faster system drives first. I have a 10000 rpm raptor as my system drive, next system will have a raptor raid for the system.
I plan to do 'safe' raid arrays for the media.
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03-20-2006, 02:34 PM
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as in mirroring??? that is a very good idea, cant lose your data.... after my last drive crashed, i use oit
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03-20-2006, 02:46 PM
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Mirror raid means you don't loose data if one drive fails, srtipped raid means you get one big drive thats double the speed but if a drive fails it's bye bye data.
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03-20-2006, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by grewell912 whoa, dont go so far with that. 10,000 rpm sata drives are faster than 10,000 rpm scsi drives, |
Same speeds, but SATA is definitely cheaper (no SCSI controller).
Originally Posted by grewell912 SATA is the way to go when editing, by far. |
If you want to compare 10k SATA drives to 7200 PATA drives... yes. I was just comparing 7200 SATA150/SATA300 to 7200 PATA. But, then again, if you decide to get 10k rpm drives, I don't think you have a choice. I think all of those are SATA.
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