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Buying a new PC for Premiere CS6
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[Anhtu Vu] “I still don’t understand why so many software developer still recommend the Quadro 4000 when there are much cheaper alternatives that actually performs better.”
10-bit color support, single point of support in enterprise environments (important for some). Quadros also generally run cooler and are better made. There aren’t too many folks out there for whom that outweighs the vastly better performance/price ratio with GeForce cards, but there are some.
Alex Gerulaitis
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Having switched from Mac Pro with the Q4000 to a Z820 that I added a GX 570 to, I have so far been very happy with the performance boost. I think the well designed airflow in the computer keeps its temperature at a manageable level.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid
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[Anhtu Vu] “I’m aware that the Z420 does not come with dual processors but from past experience, i’ve always found that single processor at higher speed performed almost as well, and in some cases even better, than dual processors at lower speed.”
Yes — I work with someone running a couple Z420s with GTX cards for Premiere editorial. He likes them quite a bit.
You mentioned Ae, so I mentioned dual processors. Motion graphics are most of what I do, and Ae and C4D both benefit from the added cores. If you’re primarily concerned about Pr, though, I could see being very happy with a single six-core system.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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I always thought AE is more picky about ram than processor.
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All my monitoring is done through my Kona3G to a 10 bit broadcast monitor….so no need for a 10 bit capable graphics.
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[Anhtu Vu] “I always thought AE is more picky about ram than processor.”
RAM and CPU usage go together with After Effects.
Ae’s multiprocessing feature works by launching a separate instance of the Ae renderer for each CPU core as allowed by your multiprocessing settings. Because each renderer is a separate process, it requires its own RAM.
More CPUs will allow faster rendering, if you have enough RAM to keep them all busy.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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