GaryOldman
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HVX editing on a PC.
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Hardware specs are just fine. No need for Vista Ultimate, though, over Vista Business. But I'd recommend XP anyway.
GnarMachine
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More ram. It may not seem necessary but you'll quickly use up 4gigs if you are multi tasking with premier, AE, and PS.
I'd also consider backing up your scratch disks because with a 3 drive raid 0 you are tripling the chance of a failure.
The only other thing I'd change is vista. Vista is nearly 30% (some sources say even more) slower than XP would be on the same machine. Not to mention with SP3 for XP nearing release XP would become even faster. SP1 for vista should be released for beta within a few weeks, but vista still won't be as fast as XP is. So unless you need DX10 graphics I'd go with 64bit XP (you'll need 64 bit if you want the OS to recognize more than 3.5gigs of ram).
I'd also consider backing up your scratch disks because with a 3 drive raid 0 you are tripling the chance of a failure.
The only other thing I'd change is vista. Vista is nearly 30% (some sources say even more) slower than XP would be on the same machine. Not to mention with SP3 for XP nearing release XP would become even faster. SP1 for vista should be released for beta within a few weeks, but vista still won't be as fast as XP is. So unless you need DX10 graphics I'd go with 64bit XP (you'll need 64 bit if you want the OS to recognize more than 3.5gigs of ram).
Ordinarily, all processes are limited to a 2GB address space under 32-bit versions of Windows. There are ways around that using Intel's Physical Address Extensions (PAE), but the developers have to specifically code for PAE.
Most people will not be able to take full advantage of 4GB of memory under Windows unless they run multiple memory-hungry applications concurrently.
At this stage, I would stay away from 64-bit versions of Windows because both application and driver support are limited. The lack of drivers in particular can be a problem.
And yes, stick with XP.
Most people will not be able to take full advantage of 4GB of memory under Windows unless they run multiple memory-hungry applications concurrently.
At this stage, I would stay away from 64-bit versions of Windows because both application and driver support are limited. The lack of drivers in particular can be a problem.
And yes, stick with XP.
With 64bit XP and Adobe CS3 I have been utilizing alot more than 4 gig of RAM with just AfterEffects 32Bit App.
There are 64bit support drivers for alot of modern workstation hardware. I guess a little research should be done before buying components.
It makes me wonder that some editor/content creator cannot utilize more than 4Gig RAM and Quad Core+ computer resources .
In all my older projects (CS2) I always was wishing for more headroom in my DualCore 2GIG RAM system. Now I got 8 core Xeons , 8G RAM, WinXP64bit, things go so much smoother. Yet I know that someday I will be wanting more.
I am patiently waiting to see if ADOBE will go 64Bit next time around.
Or maybe 128bit will make an appearance before that.
ProfessorU
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I don't think there are 64-bit P2 drivers, either, so you can't do a direct injection of P2 cards, you'll need an intermediary.
Your disk solution is all wrong, that many disks in a RAID 0 configuration is asking to lose everything. Also, do NOT trust motherboard RAID solutions for data, they are a software hybrid and do not give you the security or performance of a hardware solution. Also, you should avoid disks larger than 500GB as the bigger disks use technology that has proven to be buggy.
A good disk solution:
RAID: Adaptec RAID 3805
8 WD SE16 500GB disks in a RAID5 (3.17TB) or RAID6 (272TB) configuration.
2 WD Raptor performance disks in a Motherboard based RAID1 config (system)
1 Monster SLI power supply to run all of this
You want to configure your system such that the video and the project files are on the big Adaptec array. As an example, for an Avid system I would mount a 200MB virtual disk as my My Documents directory before I installed Avid. This is because Avid creates an Avid Projects folder under the My Documents folder where all project information is stored. If the computer has multiple logins then this change should be made for each new login before the first time Avid is started for that login. This procedure is OS based and will work for any NLE that stores information under "My Documents".
Bob
A good disk solution:
RAID: Adaptec RAID 3805
8 WD SE16 500GB disks in a RAID5 (3.17TB) or RAID6 (272TB) configuration.
2 WD Raptor performance disks in a Motherboard based RAID1 config (system)
1 Monster SLI power supply to run all of this
You want to configure your system such that the video and the project files are on the big Adaptec array. As an example, for an Avid system I would mount a 200MB virtual disk as my My Documents directory before I installed Avid. This is because Avid creates an Avid Projects folder under the My Documents folder where all project information is stored. If the computer has multiple logins then this change should be made for each new login before the first time Avid is started for that login. This procedure is OS based and will work for any NLE that stores information under "My Documents".
Bob