Conroe versus Woodcrest

Jeff_Smith wrote on 10/30/2006, 12:23 PM

I am using Vegas7 mainly for SD miniDV footage. I do alot of rendering and then render out to mp4 and wmv .

Are there any Vegas performance comparisions for:
Conroe (Core 2 Duo) versus a single Woodcrest (Xeon 5100).
and
Conroe (Core 2 Duo) versus a dual Woodcrest (Xeon 5100).

I know woodcrest requires the more expensive FB-DIMM DDR2 memory.

My current computer just did the rendertest (render to .avi NTSC) in 186 seconds..Nice!!! ;^) I am in the market for a new computer any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Jeff

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Wes C. Attle wrote on 10/31/2006, 3:32 AM

GamePC.com has a great comparison of the top of the line Conroe vs. Woodcrest including rendering and encoding benchmarks. Not exactly what you are looking for, but will help with your decision.

Here is the link http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=5160vs6800&page=1

The verdict? They are pretty close relatives.

Get a dual dual-core Woodcrest if you are super serious. I have a dual dual-core Opteron system for a few months now and encoding to mpeg and wmv is actually an enjoyable experience now. Otherwise, just get a dual-core Conroe Core 2 Duo. There is just no reason at all to get one or two single-core CPU's.

newhope wrote on 10/31/2006, 3:41 AM

I am running a Mac Pro with dual Woodcrest 3Ghz dual core CPU's and Vegas on Windows XP via Boot Camp and it flies... really flies!!

Can't give you comparison specs but I'm playing unrendered multilayer video doing 3D moves, dropping video through frame windowed as if it's a still photo (white border and all) and spinning it in 3D space at the same time plus dissolving the video in the frame and the computer hardly blinks.

Can't believe the power..... lets me think about minor changes because I don't have to wait half an hour to see the change rendered... back to creativity.

New Hope Media

Jeff_Smith wrote on 10/31/2006, 10:09 AM

Thanks for the feedback, BTW I checked out your web site, very nice.

Jeff_Smith wrote on 10/31/2006, 10:46 AM

Thanks, That was a very good article for 1 proc comparison.