New computer purchase

FamilyMan · Post by **FamilyMan** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:40 pm

I just purchased a New PC to be able to edit HD video and just wondering from people with experiance if my PC will be able to Edit and render HD video quickly? BTW I will be using Video Studio 11 plus

THe PC is a
Core2 processor Quad Core Q6600
2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
256MB Radeon HD 2600 XT
320GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Thanks

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:40 am

Nice set up...

Sticking with XP or going Vista?

I'm having no problems with VS11.5+ on Vista 64

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:46 am

Sounds powerful enough to me.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:58 am

Depends what your definition of quickly is.

FamilyMan · Post by **FamilyMan** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:02 am

I chose XP. I have Vista on my Laptop and I hate it. AS far as fast goes meaning I hope this pc won't take over night to render? I would try it out, but I have to wait till the 4th to be shipped

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:52 am

FamilyMan wrote:I chose XP. I have Vista on my Laptop and I hate it. AS far as fast goes meaning I hope this pc won't take over night to render? I would try it out, but I have to wait till the 4th to be shipped

I just finished a 38 minute project. to convert from DV-AVI to DVD mpeg2 took 25 minutes.

To author and Burn to DVD took about 30 minutes. It had 14 chapters.

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:33 am

Clevo wrote:I just finished a 38 minute project. to convert from DV-AVI to DVD mpeg2 took 25 minutes.

So perhaps multiply that by roughly a factor of four for an HD project.....?

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:56 am

2Dogs wrote:
Clevo wrote:I just finished a 38 minute project. to convert from DV-AVI to DVD mpeg2 took 25 minutes.
So perhaps multiply that by roughly a factor of four for an HD project.....?

Not sure about the maths but if I had done the same project on my old XP machine it would have taken a hell of a lot longer than that.

Would like to experiment with HD but for me that's a while off yet.

etech6355 · Post by **etech6355** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:11 am

So perhaps multiply that by roughly a factor of four for an HD project.....?

It depends on the format of the HD video (h264 or hd-mpeg2, hd-wmv, hd-divx, Mpeg-4 ).
He needs to define what type of High Definition video he wants to edit. Some HD Video formats are really not editable, they need to be converted first..
His computer is definitely fast enough for most High Def Projects.

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:04 pm

Yes, it used to be simple in the "old" days! You either had to deal with mpeg-2 source material captured from an analogue camcorder or miniDV avi, then output that to DVD compatible mpeg-2.

Now we have all manner of .avi and .mov source files from digital cameras, another subset of formats from HD camcorders, and output choices to a multitude of devices, including media players not much bigger than a postage stamp. It's witchcraft!

d1ms · Post by **d1ms** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:12 pm

yes, its conspiracy

thinking about upgrade to

Quad q6600 cpu,
ABIT IP35 Pro Motherboard,
XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB video card and
CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
(will run vista 32 or 64)

If any of you gurus build systems on q6600 cpu, please comment.

Like, do I need 4GB of memory of 2 GB is enought for video editing, based on your expierence? Does Video Studio uses any hardware acceleration from GeForce 8xxx cards, basically, do we really need latest video card or can live with generation 7xxx?
Also, I hope video editor will use all 4 cores. Is it true based on your expierence?

thank you.

2Dogs · Post by **2Dogs** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:43 pm

As you may know, Vista 32 has a problem with using more than 3GB of RAM - so you might consider the 64 bit version, depending on what kind of usage you'll put the pc to. 32bit and 2GB should be fine though, unless you insist on opening dozens of windows simultaneously.

You will obviously have the opportunity to overclock a home built system such as you describe, though of course you may have no wish to run it at anything other than stock speeds. How far you can take the overclocking will depend on the quality of the power supply and the RAM, but the Abit board should have pretty good capability, as does the Q6600. Moderate overclocking could use the stock Intel retail heatsink and fan, otherwise you might opt for a fancy heatpipe design like the Tuniq Tower. The GO stepping of the Q6600 performs better than earlier versions.

VS can not take advantage of video card hardware acceleration. The only time you'll get any reduced cpu usage from this feature would be when playing back HD video on a suitable software DVD player. Even then, I wouldn't necessarily describe it as a benefit, since the Q6600 has enough processing power to play HD H.264 video.

Of all the components, the video card is the least important for video editing work - but on a fast system like that, it would be a shame not to be able to play some good pc games. The 8600 series is quite long in the tooth, however, and the introduction of the G92 based 8800GT series should be causing 8600 prices to drop. Here in the US you can now get a 256MB 8600GT for $100, $80 after a mail-in rebate, and I'm sure the price will drop further.

As for the ability of VS to make use of all four cores - so long as you don't expect to see all four at 100% all the time, you shouldn't be disappointed.

d1ms · Post by **d1ms** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:29 pm

thank you, 2dogs!!

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