Bare Minimum editng setup

Here's the specs on my editing computer, they seem to be great, I had this thing built for editing... but I noticed when working with HDV footage (previous HV20 owner) that things would get kinda laggy at times.

Mobo
EVGA NForce 780i SLI

Ram
OCZ 4GB Reaper RAM Dual Channel kit x2 (=8gb in total)

CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 (OEM)

Graphics card
BFG GTX 260 896mb (PCI-E)

System Drive (for OS and Programs)
Western Digital Raptor 74GB (SATA / 10K RPM / 16MB)

Media Drive x3 (2 - Raid 0 for files, 1 for Scratch Disk)
Seagate 500GB (SATA / 7200RPM / 32MB)

Optical Drive
Pioneer Dual Layer DVD Burner (SATA)

Power
Antec Truepower Quattro (TPQ-1000) 1000W Power Supply

Case
ANTEC Nine-Hundred

OS
Windows Vista Premium 64BIT OEM

Is there something I'm missing?

One thing I should add is that when using the HV20's footage I had to jump through hoops to make it 24p... perhaps using a third party program made the footage unstable? I was using Tmpgenc Xpress.
 
I've edited a couple of 2-3 minute pieces (both 30p) with my 150 on Vegas 8c and I'm surprised at the performance issues.

Granted, I'm editing native m2t files, but even the slightest effect will slow playback on the timeline to a stuttering mess.

Specs:

Quad Core 9600 Agena (over 3,000 CPU mark score)
4 gigs RAM
ATI 4670
Windows XP

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Will my troubles be over if I start using Cineform or Raylight? Which one do you guys most prefer?

Also, will 8.1 64-bit Vegas make m2t files easier to edit? Or will we have to wait for Vegas 9 Pro for the speed upgrade?

I just can't believe my Quad Core machine is this laggy.. and during renders CPU utilization is often above 90% so I know it's using more than one core.
 
If I had much experience with either of those I'd share it, but honestly I think the best way for you to know is to grab the trials for those programs and see what you think. Your computer will behave a little different than all of ours -- unless you find someone with exactly your machine and software configuration.

Sorry I'm not a little more help. But like I said - grab the demos and see what you think. :)
 
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