PP and system specs

[James Carpenter]

I am finding that I can encode far quicker (pretty much 2x) on my office pc than on my home pc and i'm not sure why.Here are the specs for both:Office:Windows XP x86CS43Gb DDR3 RamIntel® Xeon® Quad-Core E5606 (2.13 GHz, 8 MB cache 1066 MHz memory)Radeon HD 6870 – 1Gb GDDR5Home:Windows 7 x64CS58Gb of DDR2 RamIntel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz, 8MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB, KentsfieldGeForce GTX470What do you think the biggest factor here is, GPU or CPU?Thanks all!

 

[Jim Simon]

Xeon® Quad-Core E5606

There's the critical difference. Your home CPU is quite old and far less powerful.

 

[James Carpenter]

There's the critical difference. Your home CPU is quite old and far less powerful.

Agreed. Thanks. What about the GPU?

 

[Jim Simon]

Depends on many factors.