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What is a good computer set up for editing AVCHD?
My computer is slow!
What would be a good setup for editing AVCHD files? Preferably using a Dell (i work at a school and we might have to stick with that brand.)
IM not looking for a major system. just something that is good enough to use Premiere and After Effects.
Right now I am using a Dell Optiplex 780 – which is sluggish. With PRemiere Pro CS5.
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A Core I7 is a good choice for the system, but the thing that really boosts performance in CS5 is to use an Adobe-approved Nvidia display card which will “turn on” the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine for realtime editing performance. The difference is night and day, especially with AVCHD.
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so do you think i have a good system that only needs a few upgrades to really work well?
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[Milton Hockman] “so do you think i have a good system that only needs a few upgrades to really work well?”
Milton, you may be able to make the system feel much faster just by adding RAM. I assume you run a 64-bit edition of 7 or Vista if you run CS5. Can you tell us a bit more about your OptiPlex? (OS version and edition? CPU? GPU? RAM? When you say it’s slow, what are the symptoms?)
As far as GPU acceleration: none of the OptiPlex desktops have enough juice for a CS5-approved graphics card – so to get GPU acceleration in CS5, you’d need get a different system: Dell Studio XPS 9100 on the low end (525W PSU); Alienware desktop; Precision T3500 or better.
HTH.
Alex (DV411)
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Its slow as as in, when i render mysequence it goes a little bit then stops. i have to keep hitting the render button over and over again. keeps quitting.
Im using a 1280×720 sequence with a mix of that size footage and 1920×1080 resized to fit. All AVCHD footage from a JVC camcorder.
When I render or export my CPU usage goes up to 100%. It bogs down my whole computer. Sometimes even afterwards my computer is soooo slow. I noticed when Premiere is open my RAM usage is at 2.8 GB out of 3GB installed.
I dont do alot of editing to justify a 1,000 computer upgrade. But can i intall better RAM and some other graphics card?? I dont know about this stuff.
Here are my specs:
Optiplex 780
intel core 2 duo cpu e8400 3.00ghz
3 GB Ram
64 bit operating system WIndows 7
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[Milton Hockman] “I dont do alot of editing to justify a 1,000 computer upgrade. But can i intall better RAM and some other graphics card??”
Yes you can – upgrading to 8GB RAM will help (around $200-300), but not a whole lot: there isn’t much you can do to enable GPU acceleration on this system. I’d certainly add RAM to this system – even a couple of Gigs will help. The 780 can handle up to 16GB, it appears.
Another graphics card won’t help in CS5. It may make the system snappier – but won’t improve rendering or previewing in CS5.
Let me know if you need help figuring out what RAM to order and where, or if you have any other questions.
Alex (DV411)
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i read a post saying that the nvidia gt240 is a good upgrade card.
https://www.tomshardware.com/forum/308188-33-nvidia-9800gt-gt240-mostly-video-editingwhat do you think about that? i dont know about graphics cards…
what does updgrading do for you?
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[Milton Hockman] “i read a post saying that the nvidia gt240 is a good upgrade card.
what do you think about that? i dont know about graphics cards…”
It’ll work on your system (only eats 69W peak) – and CS5 can be “hacked” into enabling GPU acceleration with it. It may not be reliable but it should help. Get the 1GB version.
Alex (DV411)
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what benefits would i receive from adding this new graphics card? waht do they do for video editing?
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