• Adobe Premiere Pro

  Slightly OT – Hardware Queries

  Posted by Doghousedonnie on December 11, 2006 at 4:32 am

  Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but I have a question I can’t find a
  quick answer to…

  I use PP 1.5.

  Gear wise, I have a pentium 3.2, 2 gigs ram – firewire for DV input. 20
  dollar audio card.

  My projects usually involve around 20 hours of tape digitized, and cut
  into 1 hour programs.

  I sometimes feel like everything will crash under its own weight. But in
  the end, it seems to do the job – real time playback, fairly quick
  rendering…

  So here’s the question:

  Should I upgrade my hardware? I’d spend a couple of grand if I thought
  there would be an appreciable improvement in the final product. But for
  people who buy more pro hardware, what are the advantages? Faster
  rendering?
  Any increase in the quality of the final product if cut on a better machine?

  Should I stick with what I got?

  Any avice on better hardware and reasons to spend the money would be
  greatly appreciated.

  Cheers,

  doghouse donnie

  Hector Melendez replied 19 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Steven L. gotz

  December 11, 2006 at 5:06 pm

  There is a benchmark site that allows you to see what other Premiere Pro users are editing on. And you see the time differences in rendering and exporting.

  https://mysite.verizon.net/wgehrke/ppbm/

  Steven
  https://www.stevengotz.com
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  Hector Melendez

  December 11, 2006 at 6:56 pm

  In my opinion for 20 hrs! all you need is bigs SATA HD’s and keep it clean. (Defrag periodically). Run a registry cleaning from time to time (Registry Mechanic or RegVac Reg. cleaner)and don’t have your editing PC connected to internet to avoid a possible virus.

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