Help with PC Premiere CS5 performance

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Hi,

I've got two work machines, a PC and a Mac, both with CS5 installed, and I'm working with native AVCHD clips from an HMC150. The Windows 7 Dell has an Intel quad core processor (9650), RAID 0 drive configuration, 8GB memory and an ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card. Yet editing in the PC timeline is quite sluggish compared to editing in the Mac timeline (even though the Mac is an older, first generation Mac Pro with no RAID, less memory, etc). So I'm thinking I must have something configured poorly on the PC. It's not as if I can't edit native AVCHD on the windows machine, it's just that scrolling through the timeline can be very jumpy and unresponsive, and I can't preview any clips with effects/or transitions without rendering. Anyone have some tips on how I might improve performance. I'm fairly new to the Windows world and to CS5.
 
You need an Nvidia card, minimum GT 240, minimum 1GB ram on the Windows machine. And then, you will rock and roll with Mercury enabled in r/t.
 
If you go with the cheaper option--the 240, which is still very good, look for a card with DDR5, make sure 750 megs or more (usually ppl get 1gb). The ram makes a difference. Then you can read anywhere on the internet how to enable your card for CS5, it involves adding the name of the card to a text file--easy. I think I paid about $90.
 
I didn't realize you could use a less expensive card and "unlock" it. I wonder why something like the 240 isn't compatible with Mercury in the first place?
 
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