Premier HD editing

[Zolty]

The system requires Dual Xeon Processors for this application, would an AMD 4200+ X2 do the job? Better/Worse?

Please no "OMG CONROE!!!" fanboism I am mostly posing this question as a server proc vs desktop proc question. If you want to put it into intel terms then let me rephrase the question.

The system requires Dual Xeon Processors for this application, would an Intel Pentium D940 Presler do the job? Better/Worse?

I also am not looking for answers which include the the phrase "get a mac", the gf doesn't like final cut and far be it for me to change her mind. This also can be applied to Sony Vegas or any other Video editing program, she likes premier.

Thanks in advance helpful people!!!


System requirements For Premier Pro 2.0
Windows

* Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4GHz processor for DV (Pentium 4 3.4GHz processor for HDV; dual Intel Xeon? 2.8GHz processors for HD; SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems)
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2
* 512MB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD
* 4GB of available hard-disk space for installation
* Dedicated 7,200RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD
* Microsoft DirectX-compatible sound card (multichannel ASIO-compatible sound card for surround sound)
* DVD-ROM drive for installation
* DVD+-R burner for DVD creation
* 1,280x1,024 video display with 32-bit color adapter
* OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 video interface card for DV and HDV (AJA Xena HS for HD)
* QuickTime 6.5 software
* Internet or phone connection required for product activation
* Adobe-recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback (see the full compatible hardware listing)

 

[shamans]

Not sure if this is the forum u want to ask if a specific/rare software runs smooth.

Check some adobe premier pro forums?

What you're looking for of course is the abilitity to view your edits/changes in real time speed (with good quality settings). Also, you might need lots of memory (2 to 4 GB, depends on the application) and a 2 to 3 large fast hdd. I'm not sure where your bottleneck would be....cpu,memory,hdd? Check out other forums. Or ask your gf.

 

[NewBlackDak]

We have an Opteron 170 rig with 4GB of Ram doing this. We found that 2GB of ram just wasn't enough. Furthermore they do the live editing on a 4-disk raid 0 aray, and move it off to the RAID5 2TB SAN when they're done. We tried with a single Raptor at first, and it just wasn't enough. Haven't had any complaints since the Ram/Storage upgrade.

 

[Duvie]

I agree with above....4gb of ram and Raid array your harddrives...

Sometimes server boards are better cause they offer pci slots of 100-133mhz for scsi cards, etc... plus they can sometimes offer support for 8gb of ram...

Edit: I notced in some of my quad testing in encoding I was starting to get IO limited basically after 2 cores anyways....3 to 4 cores offered little advantage unless I tweaked the setting to be higher grade...It is clear our storage subsystems are the real hangup in most of these systems