does L2-Cache and GPU have an influence on VSS11+

[MC76]

Hello,

I'm thinking of buying an Penryn CPU for my Thinkpad.
It's a R61i with a T5250 1,5Ghz 1MB L2-Cache, 4GB Ram and 2 S-ATA HDDs, x3100 GPU and Vista Business.
I'm using VSS11+ and a Canon HDV-1080i HV20 Cam, everything works fine with the exeption of the preview when i have more than one clip in the timeline and i switch to "preview Project".
But i think a little bit more CPU power will help...

Two CPUs are a possible choice:
T8300 2,4Ghz 3MB L2-Cache
T9300 2,5Ghz 6MB L2-Cache

What do you think, does the L2-Cache some Difference in using VSS11+ ?
Uses VSS11+ the hardware acceleration of better graphic cards?

Best Regards
Markus

[martythebrit]

L2 cache will make the CPU faster in general, which in turn will help VideoStudio. You'll see the most dramatic effect in the encoding stage.