AE on a PC

[Jimmy Brunger]

Works fine here!?! Until CS3 comes out you will only get *better* performance on a PC, since the mac version isn’t Intel friendly yet.

*Production Studio Premium / *Combustion 3
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Win XP Pro SP2 / Intel P4 3GHz / 2GB RAM / GeForce FX5200 / DeckLink Pro / Sony BVM-20G1E / DVS SDI Clipstation / 110GB boot/80GB media/600GB RAID-0

[Richard Bachman]

This brings up another question I had – I’ve read up on the Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium bundle (Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, AE, Premiere, Soundbooth, Encore)and it all looks extremely impressive – especially for only $1800.00 – but it’s not due to be released for several months.

Is there a similar bundle available now that will allow you to upgrade once the CS3 version comes out – and if so, has anyone worked with it (again, on a PC.) I’ve tried to find this info on the Adobe site, but cannot for some reason.

[Jimmy Brunger]

I am running Production Suite Premium on my PC at the moment. It contains CS2 PS+ILL, PremPRO2, Encore2, AE7 and Audition2. Works great for me.

You should still be able to get this for PC now and then upgrade to CS3 when it comes out.

*Production Studio Premium / *Combustion 3
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Win XP Pro SP2 / Intel P4 3GHz / 2GB RAM / GeForce FX5200 / DeckLink Pro / Sony BVM-20G1E / DVS SDI Clipstation / 110GB boot/80GB media/600GB RAID-0

[Steve Roberts]

It works fine on a PC. Befor IntelMacs, the experience was identical on both platforms.

Once you got used to the ctrl/cmd difference. 🙂

[Darby Edelen]

[jimmybee500] “Until CS3 comes out you will only get *better* performance on a PC, since the mac version isn’t Intel friendly yet.”

That’s assuming that you’re not still using a G5 =O

[Brian Charles]

I use both Mac’s and PC’s. My current Mac config is a G5 Quad 2.66 with 4.5 GB of RAM 0S 10.4.9, my PC config is a Quad Core Xeon 2.6 with 4 GB of RAM, XP Pro 32 bit, SP2. Yes, I own the software on both platforms. (The upgrade to CS3 will cost me dearly =0).

For sheer After Effects performnace the PC spanks the Mac. It previews and renders at more than twice the speed. I have Nucleo Pro on the Mac and it will render some files more quickly but in general it is much slower. After Effects 7 can only use 2 GB of RAM on the PC but can use 3 GB on the Mac. This can make a difference on some renders as After Effects uses RAM to cache files.

When CS3 arrives it will take advantage of multi-core/multi-processor and should post performance gains on both platforms.

All that said, its your workflow that really makes a real world difference. I prefer working on the Mac, the OS is smarter, managing files is easier.

As well, despite owning the Production Suite on the PC, I prefer editing in Final Cut.

The real difference in platforms has less to do with performance and more with user/workflow experience.

[Steve Roberts]

[Brian Charles] “The real difference in platforms has less to do with performance and more with user/workflow experience.”

Amen, brother.

[Jamesc]

“After Effects 7 can only use 2 GB of RAM on the PC but can use 3 GB on the Mac.”

You need to investigate the /3GB switch – Google it.

Basically you add /3GB to your boot.ini file and this allows XP to access 3Gb :o)

[Jamesc]

Sorry – I mean – AE to access 3Gb…

[Brian Charles]

I’ve modified the boot.ini to enable the 3GB switch and found the system became unstable.