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New PC for CS3. 2 x Quad-core 5400 Xeons or QX9470
I’m just building up a new workstation to replace my aging 5000-series 2 x dual-core. Would one of the new X5450 or better (X5482?) CPU setups be a “lot ” more powerful than the cheaper single CPU quad core QX9470?
Has Adobe done much benchmarking with these new chips? I really don’t want to spend more than I have to to get an adequate result for editing.
I’m working in Decklink uncompressed SD and HD.
Cheers,
PeterPeter Corbett
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PC performance is not only number of cores, but also RAM, disks and video, so there is no straight answer.
A very rough estimate is that doubling the number of cores at the same FSB with give approximately 70% performance gain.
BTW, I would prefer looking at the E5450 instead of the X5450 because of the lower power consumption (80W versus 120W).
The X5472 has been announced but are not yet available. The biggest advantage would be the 1600 FSB, the drawback the FBDIMM DDR2-800 requirement instead of DDR2-667.Harm Millaard
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Cheers Harm,
Yes I should have mentioned I have 2tb RAID-0, GTX8800 and 4gb RAM. I’ll have a look at E5450 pricing.
Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
http://www.php.com.au
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