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Building new PC. Would RAM have any impact on editing/rendering?
Hello,
I am upgrading my E4300, 2GB of DDR2 RAM PC to an i7 920. That alone will provide a significant boost, but I was wondering that if I bought more RAM and combined it with the likes of Vista Ultimate (removes 2GB limit on applications), would I see any extra benefit in Vegas? The most important part is being able to preview videos in ‘Best (full)’ mode with less slowdown, but rendering videos faster would also be welcome.
I’m currently set to get 6GB of RAM, which should already be overkill. If there is any benefit, I will buy more.
Thanks–
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See my previous post answer to another person moving to a new system. There is a pretty good test recently posted by a popular video event magazine running 8GB of ram on a fast PC in a critical test situation. Running an NLE with other demanding apps at the same time, 8 GB seemed to be the amount of ram necessary to standup to the memory demands on newer 64bit systems with 64bit apps.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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Also, if you happen to go for an i7 system with 3 channel ram, DDR3, then it’s most efficient to have 3 sticks of ram. Most places sell them in sets of 3. If you’re planning on sticking with windowsXP you could get away with 3gb since that’s all the system registers, but if you’re already on vista or windows 7, or just want to future-proof yourself then go for 6gb. You can go for more but it’s not gonna aid rendering much, the processor will handle that.
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