[David Owen]

[Vincent Becquiot] “It uses about 5% of all 8 cores in the task we are talking about (image motion in SD timeline)”

Now THAT is more in line with what I’d expect! This is very important to my “case” in convincing others. Thanks!

– D

[David Owen]

Jan,

First, sorry… I don’t have a 1939 Indian motorcycle to offer in exchange. I’ll let you know if I stumble onto one.

Could you try setting up a VERY brief SD project with an image file (say, greater than 1000 x 1000) and scale it and move it using keyframes? If you are able to do it using the setup you’ve stated, I’ll definitely need to get more info from you (like the model of the mobo, graphics card, etc.)

Since our two setups sound VERY similar, this could be a BIG help to me and others looking to make this size investment!

Thanks for your response.

– D

[David Owen]

I’m using Nvidia GeForce 7950GT graphics card. The dealer initially suspected an issue with it and swapped it for an ATI board, but found no change in performance.

I’ve wondered about the OS… I’m getting only around 15 to 25% usage of the processors max… only two of the eight appear to be getting used.

I have 4GB RAM installed. My older workstation has the same amount of RAM and 32-bit XP, and handles things in real time under CS2. Could it be that the mobo is designed primarily for a 64-bit OS instruction set and the slowdown is due to a more limited “legacy” application of available resources?

– D

[David Owen]

I’m using XP Pro 32-bit. The project is a SD (DV) project, and, yes, I’m talking about ONLY one track of video, the photo being manipulated.

Since my original post, my dealer says he talked with an Adobe rep and concluded this was a performance tradeoff in the software re-design (between CS2 and CS3). I’m starting to think this might be more of a specific mobo/os issue. Mine is a Supermicro X7DAE with the 5000X chipset (two E5335 processors). I also have a Matrox RT.2X installed, but it’s docs concede that the Matrox board can’t handle moving stills larger than 720×480 in realtime… so I’m ignoring it and trying to get it done purely in Premiere.

Ideas? Recommendations?