Intel vs AMD turnkey canopus systems

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Jeff In Ocala

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looks like i might be swinging over to edius for p2 editing they seem to have it down. I am looking at the turnkey systems that canopus offers and would like some input on Intels vs the AMDs I plan on using the NX card with the Broadcast software, is there a difference as far as the processors? any thoughts would be appreciated.
p.s. 99% of my work for RIGHT NOW is SD dvcpro50 but want a good path to HD as my jobs call for it .
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Jeff: I use both systems. The Desktop is Dual Core Xeon 3.5. Edius NX. The Laptop has Dual Core 4800 AMD, Edius Broadcast. I am pleased with the results of both systems.

Mule Ferguson
 
thanks mule you seem to be the resident canopus guru i have joined the canopus forums and see you on there as well nice to know you have HVX experience too hope you don't mind if i pick your brain while i make my decsion i plan on going to NAB and John at canopus told me to speak to Matt at the booth so hopefully that will push me over the edge and i can get on board with canopus
 
Jeff,
My personal preference is dual AMD, since you can upgrade to dual-core Opterons later, but the Intel version is quite capable as well.
 
:love4:Jeff. I am not a guru. I just happen to be an early beliver of the Canopus system. There are very few lucky people that have received an HVX 200 to be able to upgrade to Edius Broadcast. I am still in the learning stage of the new P2. We all learn from each other. There are less than 10 Canopus users with HVX 200 on the list .
The truth is they ain't that many HVX 200 Owners out there.

Mule
 
List? I hope there are more than 10.
I have 3 HVX/Edius Broadcast NX systems. That leaves only 7 left.
Canopus needs to start marketing better.

jim
 
Jim I counted you as one user. WRAL has a lot in the news dept but they dont use the HVX like you guys. You guys are smart. Spend the same amount of money and get a camera for everybody. I believe we do have more , but are to busy making money to post on the list.
 
Jeff In Ocala said:
is there a difference as far as the processors? any thoughts would be appreciated. :dankk2:
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I remember seeing a comparion on www.cnet.com. AMD blew away Intel in 8 of the 9 comparison/performance tests. Search there for the report.

For what it's worth, we've used AMD and Intel machines to render Premiere videos. AMD machines finish quicker. We've standardized on AMDs for desktops.
 
Oh, but I hear it handles word processing and sound mixing slightly slower but considering I've never had to wait more than a tenth of a second for either of those, I don't think it's a big deal.
 
sounds like AMD is the way i will go. anyone going to NAB? i will be there and plan to camp out at the canopus booth and pepper Matt with questions, I just edited 2 commercial spots with the trial version and like the workflow, both spots shot on the HVX, p2 cards transfered to HD then imported right in to Edius edited, output to mpeg uploaded to local cable stations ftp site and On the Air - NEVER TOUCHED TAPE I Love it
 
Im a AMD guy myself, and have used edius on both platforms, they work about the same. you can however get a 4 proc motherboard and add 4 dual core AMDS giving you a 8 core super system for a pretty killer price.

Anyways... I think there are more than 10, if there isnt I will be in the Pana booth at NAB telling alot of people about edius so after NAB there should be truckloads more users.
 
Hey Jarred: I was fishing to see if I could get some of the users to answer back . can you start a survey to ask how many own and use Canopus Broadcast. Then maybe we will see.
Mule
 
Jarred Land said:
you can however get a 4 proc motherboard and add 4 dual core AMDS giving you a 8 core super system for a pretty killer price.
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Whats that ? A link maybe ? Thanks.
 
yeah.. there are many options for 4 way, and many times more for 2 cpu motherboards with the opteron cpu.. and the opterons just had a 30% price drop as well.
 
One important thing if you do build your own AMD machine, pay extra special attention to the RAM. Opterons in particular are very picky and the general rule of "faster is better" often does not apply.

Brandon
 
Tyan Boards

Tyan Boards

If you want to use tyan boards the S2895 Thunder K8WE is certified with Canopus . And also works with the the NX boards very stable and fast.
 
I'm pretty sure Jarred was referring to folks here... There are way more than 10 EDIUS Broadcast users "out in the world"
 
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