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  • Would an upgrade work or I need a better computer?

    Posted by Philippe Orlando on May 19, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    Hello,

    Right now with a computer built in 2007 with a Intel
    Q6700 at 2.7 GHZ and 4 GB of ram I can only play HDV footage or Cineform Neo in the preview mode. Do you think upgrading to the lastest edition of Vegas will allow me to play footage in at least Good if not Best mode? Or do I need to build another computer with I7, etc
    Thanks
    Philippe

    John Rofrano replied 12 years, 12 months ago 4 Members · 8 Replies
  • 8 Replies
  • Steve Rhoden

    May 20, 2013 at 12:59 am

    From the information you have provided Philippe, you need
    to upgrade both hardware and software.

    Steve Rhoden
    (Cow Leader)
    Film Editor & Compositor.
    Filmex Creative Media.
    https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
    1-876-832-4956

  • John Rofrano

    May 20, 2013 at 11:35 am

    I agree with Steve. I had QuadCore like your 6 years ago. I just upgraded to a HexCore last year and the difference was like night and day. Also more recent versions of Vegas Pro can handle the newer formats better so both and hardware and software upgrade are in order. Here’s what I built:

    Intel Hex Core Video Editing Workstation

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • Philippe Orlando

    May 20, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    Thanks to both of you.
    Wow, John, very nice, I think I’ll build that too.
    Philippe

  • Thayalan Paramasawam

    May 20, 2013 at 11:28 pm

    Good Morning Sir,(Mr.John Rofrano)

    Sir,In my working station i use SSD(PLEXTOR) as HardDrive1 (boot C:) and for HardDrive2 (media D:) i use WESTERN DIGITAL BLUE,for media which Hard Disk better,Black,Green or blue.

    Pls guide me on this matter.

    Thank You

    Thayalan Paramasawam

  • John Rofrano

    May 22, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    [Philippe Orlando] “Wow, John, very nice, I think I’ll build that too.”

    I’m very happy with it. I think you will be too.

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • John Rofrano

    May 22, 2013 at 12:10 pm

    [Thayalan Paramasawam] “Sir,In my working station i use SSD(PLEXTOR) as HardDrive1 (boot C:) and for HardDrive2 (media D:) i use WESTERN DIGITAL BLUE,for media which Hard Disk better,Black,Green or blue.”

    WD Black are the high performance drives. These are the best for video editing. WD Green are the low power consumption drives. They sacrifice speed for quiet operation and low power. You don’t want these for your video editing project drive but they are fine as a media drive. WD Blue is somewhere in between; giving you lower power with good performance. WD Red are meant for RAID and Network Attached Storage (NAS) enclosures.

    I have an SSD for my boot drive, a WD Green for my media drive, a WD Black for my project drive, and WD Red’s in a 12TB RAID 5 for my archive.

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasst.com

  • Thayalan Paramasawam

    May 22, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    Good Morning Sir,(Mr.John Rofrano)

    Thank You very much for the information……its help me a lot.

    Thank You
    Thayalan Paramasawam

  • John Rofrano

    May 23, 2013 at 10:48 am

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