Intel Vrs AMD and Graphic Cards

[welchb]

I've finally on the road to taking the plunge and buying a new computer.

Has anyone got advice experience to share with Intel Chips Vrs AMD chips and Graphic's cards ATI Vrs Nvdiea.

I'm wanting to run VS8 (and soon VS9) -- I'm already using VS8 on my WinMe -- 1.7Ghz (Intel) machine but it creaks a bit and am rapidly running out of disc space.

Just wanted some opinions on the best DO's and what to avoid if anything.

Thanks,

Brian

[duffgnr]

hi welchb

i use vs8 on
amd xp2800+
nividia geforce 128mb
2 seperate 80Gb hard drives, 1 for captured video only.

my brother uses intel petium 4 & 128mb graphics but vs8 runs far smoother on my machine!

intel are the most heavily advertised processor so many people go for it and their hyperthreading feature is cool. but im happy with amd!

how much RAM is your system running on?
try and get 512k as a minimum, ideally 1gb plus

duffgnr

[a2barmby]

I use a Pentium P4 1.7ghz with WinXP pro.
3/4Gb of ram with an Nvidia geeforce 4 TNT with 128Mb.
Two HD 1x 80gb system disk and 1x 200Gb video/photo disk. Both 7200rpm with 8mb cache.
I seem to have few if any problems with this system even though the P4 1.7ghz is a bit old now.
A 1hr avi to mpeg 2 dvd takes about 5hrs or so, to finish rendering etc.
I let it run overnight and never had a problem.
I guess the P4 3ghz with hyperthreading and the top range AMD processors will do it faster, but hey, you pays your money you take your choice.
I will say, the more Ram to a certain extent, the better. It helped me when I went from 500mb to 750 mb.
I don't believe you need 3gb though, rather a min of 500mb to 3/4 of a gb is a good start.
Hope this helps.

[bigbad68]

I have got an AMD XP 2200+ with 1gig of RAM, two hardrives, nVidia 5200 graphics card. I have no problems with the system, but it is a little slow for my tastes. I am currently building a new system that will have an AMD 64 processor ( I don't know what speed yet) and dual channel RAM. I got the motherboard, but yet to get anything else for it (need more money!). The new system should speed things up a little!

[THoff]

AMD processors have the advantage of getting more work done per clock cycle, and being cheaper (allowing you to spend less or make other upgrades to your system), making them the preferred choice for gamers.

Intel processors have the advantage of having SSE2/SSE3 instructions, which are used heavily by media applications including video encoders. AMD is adding these instructions to their processors, but most do not have them yet. Another advantage that Intel has is Hyperthreading, which allows you to encode videos and still get decent system response while you are in another program browsing the web or writing e-mail etc.

[bigbad68]

All of the AMD 64 bit cpu's have the SSE2 in them and the new 64 bit cores are going to have SSE2 and SSE3 in them.

Another big question that goes with the cpu is the chipset that is on the motherboard. I have heard that some chipsets don't do well will video editing and others do. Anyone know anything about that?

But anyways, what ever cpu you decide on, get atleast 1gig of RAM for you computer.

[welchb]

Thanks all for your help and comments.

There doesn't seem to be a clear advanatage of 1 over the other so maybe I'll try each at my local store and see what they say.

Thanks again -- would be interested in the motherboard chipset if anyone does have more comments.

Thanks,

B

[a2barmby]

Hi Welchb.

I definately know that a good mother board can enhance your CPU performance, just as a bad one will slow it down.
I unfortunately had the latter and when I upgraded, certain applications ran appreciably faster.
Post an enquiry on a PC based web site and see if a techy can give you a reply and better still, an example of what to purchase.
Obviously, be carefull who you listen to on the web as not all replys to questions are from genuine people............
Hope this helps
Allan.