Dual Processor

Burn · Post by **Burn** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:33 pm

In a week my new computer will be here.

24in Wide Aspect UltraSharp Midnight Grey Flat Panel
Dell Precision 670 (XP Pro x64) - Two
Xeon 3.6GHz/800MHz/2MB
2GB DDR2 400 ECC Dual Channel Memory (2x1GB 2-R)
Processor Hyper-Threading
3.5 1.44MB FD Nec
250GB SATA Hard Drive~250GB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive with DataBurst Cache
2nd 250GB SATA Hard Drive~Additional 250GB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive with DataBurst Cache
SATA RAID 0 Configuration for 2 drives (With 2 SATA Cables)
128MB PCI-E ATI FIREGL V3100 (ELGA)
Dell A425 Speaker UK- MG

What I want to know is, will Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8 benefit from a dual Processor?

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:32 am

Some, but not all operations in MSP8 profit from it, such as rendering, but don't expect 2 x the speed. This applies to dual processors, dual core and HT, However, this is also OS-dependent. For example, XP Home will allow for only one HT processor whereas XP Pro will allow up to 4 processors or 2 dual cores or 2 HTs. It will also depend on the BIOS. I am unable to say what the 64 bit XP will allow.

Note that HT is not the same as dual-core. From experience, rendering with HT allows for a speed increase in rendering of typically only 5-15%, which is why I call it HYPErthreading. I've no experience in true dualies, so cannot pronounce on it.

Burn · Post by **Burn** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:32 pm

Thanks for the reply. Well I've been informed that my new computer has been shipped, and is now on it's way

after I have done some testing on MSP8 I will let you know how it does using the dual processor.

krwzmann · Post by **krwzmann** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:18 am

so how is it with the dual core? I just picked up a dual core last weekend but currently don't have any video projects to work on until mid december. Anyone have info?

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 4:08 am

Dual core/dual CPU's are an advantage when the program module and the OS support them, but the advantage is not 2x. It never is with dualies.

For best results WinXP Pro SP2 is in order (XP Home or Pro support AMD 64 dualies or dual core). Win2K's dualie support was patchy.

You should also read this M$ Knowledge Base article;

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256

and for those considering Athlon64 X2's this AMD page;

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,783 ... 64,00.html

BTW: most reviewers are reporting that the AMD 64 X2's are faster than the Intel's, and a real barnburner for <$300 street is the Opteron 165 (massively overclockable, 1mb cache/core etc.);

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... spx?i=2591