[Richard Graham]

I would tend to agree with you here. Get a good processor, I won’t get into arguments about Core i5 and i7, but some of the i5 processors are better value than the i7’s.

However, Hyperthreading is something to look at – I don’t believe the i5 is enabled.

Another point – Overclocking, yes, it is a tricky subject, but even if you run at stock speeds I would recommend a better cooler, something like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 + is a very good buy. (my i5 runs at 50C o/c’d from 2.7 to 3.8GHz) Without the Coolermaster….it would fry an egg!

Again, through experience, I would agree with your points here about not adding all of this additional CRAP – it is not needed.

Personally, I don’t even think an SSD as a system drive is worth the money at the moment, just get a fast 7200 Seagate as your system drive, stick a 1 TB 7200 Seagate in for your video, and maybe a third drive for all your relative file locations and references.

I am not ready to move up to an SSD at the moment, they seem a bit fickle.

Windows 7 x64, (get shot of Vista) keep your C drive for your system files, maybe put your video programming on D:\ and your Raw video on an E drive.

I am curious about peoples views towards Firewire.

I went for Win 7 ultimate x64, but it no longer seems to work with my ASUS 4 port firewire card, so am thinking of going to upgrade to a PCIE firewire…anyone have any experience? Non of the current Win 7 drivers will run my old Texas Instruments OHCI card, but the PCIE cards are about 5 times the price!!!

[Richard Graham]

I forgot to add – follow this to enable the Mercury Engine in Premiere

https://blog.krama.tv/hacking-adobe-premiere-cs5-to-enable-more-nvidia-cuda-cards/

[Richard Graham]

https://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=347321

https://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=179111

I don’t think there is too much in it as far as performance goes, but where I am (we have to pay 300% import duty on a lot of this kind of stuff) it makes the 460 a winner.

The 470 is no doubt a great card, but as I say, if you are paying 300% duty, then price becomes quite a factor.

Good luck with whatever you choose, we are really spoiled for choice these days.

What I would say, if you go with the 460, 470, 480 or the newer 5XX, take a good look at your M/B and see if it is compatible to be able to double up cards, I made the mistake of selecting an M/B that can only double up ATI cards and not make use of Nvidia SLI. You win some you lose some, however, I have not really found any need to run two cards for the kind of work I do just yet.

[Richard Graham]

Yes,
I am using the GTX460 1GB-OC with Premiere at the moment, I can only compare the GTX 460 with two other 3 other cards I have used, the Asus Nvidia EN9400- 512GB, the Asus 210 – 512 and the Asus EAH5670 1 GB, and the 460 puts them all to shame.

It is an excellent card, you can apply a “fix” (not difficult) with no problems so far, that allow you to run the Mercury rendering engine that comes with Premiere.

As far as I can see, it is the best Graphics card around for the money – however, you may want to have a look at the newer 5XX range recently brought out by Nvidia, also, the EAH5670 is not a bad option for the price. (about half the cost of the 460)

The problem – for want of a better word – is there really is too much choice at the moment, a lot depends on whether you want to have SLI or other options to double up your cards, in which case I would recommend you look very carefully at your Motherboard.

Personally, I love the GTX460, it is a great card, unfortunately, I use the ASUS p55 Motherboard, which does not support an additional card from Nvidia, only ATI.

As a single graphics card, comparing performance for cost, I would rate it 9/10, you could do a lot worse than this.

Hope this helps, sometimes prices can be a bit misleading, check out comparisons between the 460, the 470 and the 480, I know which one I would buy, but like I say, the newer 5XX versions from Nvidia are just out, and may well be worth a look.

[Richard Graham]

Personally, if I was you I would check out the Nvidia GTX460 1GB – OC I believe you will find it is even better value than the GTX470.

The Gigabyte version is very good value.

I don’t use Vega, (I use Premiere Pro CS5) and Premiere can be “hacked” perfectly well to accept the 460 and its CUDA technology.

If you have a Google, you will find that in many cases the 460 O/C outperforms the 470!

Good luck!

[Richard Graham]

Hi There,
hope you don’t mind me jumping in here but you guys seem to know what you are talking about with this DV tech stuff.
Wonder if anyone can help with a problem I have recently encountered.
I have been using Premiere Pro 1.5 for some time now with my Sony TRV828, which has been working well.
Recently I linked a DVD player via the Sony and then to Premier, i.e. so premier was capturing from the DVD player.
I also used Windows Movie Maker while messing around to get things to work.
Now when I try to capture from Premier in the normal fashion, it comes with an error message saying it cannot operate the camera, and I should reset the camera, which have done a number of times to no avail.
It can see the camera, it tells me the camera is online, but that is as far as it goes.
I have reinstalled Premier, reinstalled the 1394 drivers, nothing works.
However, when I go to movie maker, I can use the camera and it’s controls!
It seems like Windows is hogging the camera controls.
I can see the camera and take photos via Scanners and camera wizard, only premier does not work.
Any suggestions?

Many thanks in advance

Richard Graham