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Avoid my painful mistake – budget well for upgrade
Just received Adobe’s Production Studio Premium a half hour ago, go to install in my AMD Athlon XP 3000+ machine and (sound of brakes being hit hard) – the install says it needs a processor that supports SSE2 instructions.
I am not sure which components need this instruction set, but I will assume it is the newer ones (Premiere, AE, Audition, etc.)
$1,300 for the upgrade, now I need to buy a new MOBO and CPU. I thought I only needed to worry about the OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU. Anyone got any ideas for an inexpensive MOBO/CPU combo??
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AMD or Intel? AMD sure is the price leader. Anyone compare relative performance between these chips using AE and Premiere?
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Numerous comparisons have shown that AMD Opterons are way faster than Intel Xeons for anything related to video (Lucasfilm bought 1,000 Opteron workstations as soon as they got wind of them, I imagine their existing Intel boxes were discreetly dropped off at the loading dock for pickup).
AMD X2 dual core processors are also much faster compared to Intel D dual core processors. Note that AMD CPUs may even be more expensive than “corresponding” Intel CPUs, AMD has seen their performance premium as real value.
AMD has a much more advanced CPU architecture, and a much faster internal bus that doesn’t keep the CPUs waiting.
Intel has fired a whole bunch of executives because of this lost battle, but they are not expected to catch up until 2008-2009.
Whole brand name (Gateway, HP) PCs with AMD X2 4400+ for example are now available for about $1,000-$1,100. The only thing holding AMD back for the moment is manufacturing capacity, where Intel of course has a lead.
There are also truly great motherboards from Asus and some others if you want to build your own machine for less.
The only thing to watch out for it to get a motherboard with nVidia peripheral chips, rather than with the VIA chips that have given AMD an undeservedly bad name in the past.
The vast majority of Hollywood companies are buying AMD-based workstations now, they can’t waste time waiting for slower technology to do effects rendering.
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I have an ASUS board in my current config. I would go with them again. AMD has more 64 bit chips than Carter had little liver pills. The entry price on an Operteron chip seems to be about $189 or so from Newegg. Would I be better off at the bottom of the Opteron line, or w/ a 3 gig P4? Can you point me to some CPU ratings with video metrics? Thanx for your help.
Mark
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My compromise solution. I will replace with better components down the road. Wish I had the money to do it right the first time – but necessity is the mother of invention. The RAM and the 1394 card I can move to a better system. I chose the MOBO based on reusing my AGP video card. Figured I’d buy a better video card when I can replace the CPU and the MOBO. Once I started looking at the 939 socket MOBOs, I would have had to buy a new video card. Oh well, $244 and I have a mostly new computer. This should be overclockable as well.
Qty. Product Description Unit Price Total Price
1 MB ASUS K8N NF3-250 754 – Retail
Item #: N82E16813131512 $63.00 $63.00
1 ADDON KOUTECH|KW-582V2 3+1P 1394 RT – Retail
Item #: N82E16815103103 $20.50 $20.50
1 CPU AMD|SEMPRON64 2800+ RTL – Retail
Item #: N82E16819104245 $75.00 $75.00
1 MEM 1G|G.SK D400 F1-3200PHU1-1GBNT – Retail
Item #: N82E16820231036 $66.75 $66.75
Subtotal: $225.25
Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $16.41
Rush Order Fee: $2.99
Grand Total: $244.65
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