Benchmarking Nero Vision and Xilisoft Video Converter

[imported_boe]

Hello,

I may be very alone in the desire to see some benchmarks or maybe I'm not but if anyone else has seen benchmarks comparing a Core 2 3ghz and a Core 2 Quad core on Nero Vision and Xilisoft video converter please let me know. I have a Core 2 2.6 ghz processor now and it does much better on both apps than any previous version but I'm curious what the benefit might be by going to a 3GHz core 2 or a Quad core unit.

Both apps seem to take advantage of the Core 2 - dual core processors. I have no idea if they would take advantege of a quad core though.

I download the TV shows I watch and then convert them to DVD - I run them through Xilisoft first so there are no lip sync issues then I convert the divx avi files to DVD using nero vision. Both apps take a while to run and Xilisoft maxes out both processors. I'm curious how much faster (if any) it might run if I had a quad core 3 ghz processor.

Thanks

 

[eelw]

While I don't use the programs that you mentioned, I can encode videos to h.264 like 3 or 4 times faster with my Q6600 over my E6400.

 

[imported_boe]

Thanks.

Hopefully someone will consider making such a benchmark chart. I know nero vision is pretty popular but I don't know about xilisoft.

 

[JAG87]

Both applications are multi threaded, and encode significantly faster with a quad core. I use Nero Vision to encode to mpeg2 (and sometimes h264), and it loads all 4 cores around 85-90%. If I make Nero Vision generate only 2 threads it takes almost twice as long to encode, but sometimes I do it because I want to play some games while it encodes. If you are wondering whether encoders benefit from quads, you hit a sweet spot my friend. I can do a single pass 2 hour movie in 20 minutes, and a two-pass in 40 minutes. If you want to save time, quad is well worth the money, and time is money.

 

[imported_boe]

Thanks - that was very helpful.

I'm stuck in the waiting game at the moment - there are a few things I'm waiting for (however I know there is always something better coming)

I'm waiting for the new Scythe CPU cooler - should be out early Q1
I'm waiting for a new nVidia or ATI flagship card - both should be out Q1
I'm waiting for a new VGA cooler - I think zalman and artic(?) have one in the works.
I don't know if the x48 is worth waiting for but I think it should be out in January

I don't think there are any other bar raising items worth waiting for -
memory makes little difference in my opinion 2 gigs of the cheapest kingston should do

I don't think creative labs will have a new flagship PCI Express card any time soon - theire current PCI-x card isn't really a flagship - audigy 4 would probably be a better choice

I'm happy with the current seagate drives SATA - hybrid drives cost too much - but of course I'd love to see a breakthrough in drive technology - I just don't think I'll see it within 3 months

 

[Pabster]

Can't go wrong with a Quad if video encoding is your primary objective. Nero Vision will make superb use of those 4 cores and the speed improvement is pretty dramatic.

In fact, video encoding is one area where a Quad is a sure bet.