Posted by Richard Crowley on 11/27/05 16:35

"Ambra" wrote ...
> Premiere 6.5 is not benefiting from multiple processors? I had no idea
> about
> that, thank a lot, you saved me a lot of bucks (EUROs' in my case
> ;) ).

The software must be written (compiled) to take advantage
of multiple processors. Older software (like P6.5) was
released in an era where few people had multiple processors.

> Now, my system is taking aroun 70 minutes to render 3 minutes of
> video.
> Truth to be told, those 3 minutes are stuffed with effects :).

Something else must be happening here. I've never seen it
take that long to do such a short timeline. Are you also
forcing it to transcode (because of wierd input formats,
etc.?)

> I really appreciate your advice, could you tell me what's the optimal
> system
> for me? Which processor (can you suggest me what Intel is best for me
> now)?
> Which hard-disks (ATA,SATA,SCSI....)

I don't think any new hard drives are availble today that are
too slow for DV. Talking about desktop 3.5inch drives, NOT
laptop drives!

SCSI is an older technology that is being eclipsed by SATA,
etc. It is also much more expensive which makes it not a
reasonable alternative, IMHO.


> The thing is that my MB is old and it supports only 512MB of RAM,
> therefore
> I hsve to purchase a new computer!So, any suggestions are more than
> welcome...

I'd get the fastest single-core CPU I could afford and a new
MB to support it. At least 1GB of RAM, and consider 2GB.
I would use a ~small (40-60-80GB) drive for boot/system/
program/swapfile, and a couple of larger (120-250GB)
drives for the video files. (Not RAID array!) I have not found
a lot of difference between IDE and SATA speeds when it
comes down to doing real-world tasks (like rendering video).

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