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premier recomendded sys requirements
Hi
I am going to buy the new premier and i want to know
what is the best sys configuration (GPU HD etc) for the premier
to work as good as it can get.Eran
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5 Replies
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Best to describe what you’ll be using Premier for before deciding on a spec.
1. Will it be for shorts (upto 30-mins) or long-form >30-mins.
2. What video format are you wanting to use? DV/DVCam/1:1/HDV/HD?
3. What is your output format? TV/Web/Mobile devices/DVD?
These will help decide which editing application is best to use, CPU speed (faster nearly always best), memory requirements and disk space.
Let the folks here know and I’m sure you’ll get some experienced replies.
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1. in most cases it will be for short than 30 min
2. i am working with DV cam
3. DVD is my output or just export to AVI to see in the pcBut i want the stronger configuration that i can get (for what i need)
In the future i want to work with AE so i want it to be good enough for that too.another Q
Is there a good DVD burner that can write like industrial DVD?
Thanks
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Industrial DVD?
Are you referring to the mass produced DVDs for Movie release or for duplication by yourself.
The Movie DVD’s are stamped in a similar process to good old vinyl and cost a small fortune to have produced. You would need to output your DVD data to tape and hand that over with buckets of cash.
For DVD duplication, you can buy a rack/stack of DVD recorders that can duplicate your final DVD. Some also print the DVD graphics too.
For After Effects the more power the better but also RAM. Win XP is limited to 4GB but that amount cannot ‘normally’ be made availale to the application. There is an option for a /3GB switch at XP startup that will allow the maximum amount of RAM to the application while limiting the OS to 1GB. There is also an application ‘Nucleo’ that can handle the larger RAM sizes for you.
CPU wise, most stick to Intel and the high-end Xeon processors. Core2 Duo CPUs are fast but currently don’t support hyper-threading.
For Premier Pro, stick with a simple sound card such as the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 or better, an external audio processor to help eliminate noise pickup from your computer.
I used a simple AMD 3000+ processor with PPro 1.5 but it struggled above 30-mins. Also beware that Premier Pro 2.0 MUST have a processor with just to install it as it makes use of these instructions, which rules out AMD based motherboards. Check on the Adobe website for further details and supported processors on this.
If you intend to add any additional hardware such as accelerators (Matrox etc.) check out their websites first as the cards don’t support all motherboards and chipsets.
As for disk space, check again with Adobe and the forums for advice from people who have been through this process. DV is not that demanding but you may want to use other formats in the future ,HDV for example, where the hardware requirements may change. HDV for example is an aquisition format and is best transcoded for editing.
Hope this gets you started.
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Thank You
this is the list i am going to ask for
see if you have any corrections (or i forgot something)Intel
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[RHewitt] “which rules out AMD based motherboards.”
As long as the processor is a AMD64 either single or dual core it has a SSE2 or better extension set which is what Ppro 2 requires.
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