How is VV with dual procs or Athlon..?

Colonel wrote on 12/14/2003, 4:57 PM
Does anyone have experience running VV on a dual proc machine? Does it make a difference?

Also, how does VV run on the Athlon 64's - if any of you have run this program on a machine equipped with the Athlon screamer?

(I wouldn't doubt that the crew behind this fine program is working on making sure VV is optimized for dual procs and 64 bit chips, etc. DSE's fine presentations at the DV Expo sold me on the program. The interface is a bit foreign to me, compared to FCP and an older version of Premiere I'd used, but it's functionality/speed in certain areas rocked me)

Anyway, just questions I'm tossing out there because I'm going to put a machine together in the next couple of months, and want to make sure that it is done right.

Comments

bnjenter wrote on 12/14/2003, 7:37 PM
I tried to run Vegas 4 on a dual processor Athlon MP machine. Constant crashes. I finally converted to a single Athlon 2500+. I really miss the dual processors, but I also really need to run this very good NLE.
PeterWright wrote on 12/14/2003, 8:38 PM
I have a dual AMD 2000 machine which works fabulously well with Vegas, and any other program for that matter.

I'm not sure about the 64 bit aspect - how do I tell?

Peter
snicholshms wrote on 12/14/2003, 10:03 PM
Been using dual AMD 2600 procs, ASUS A7M266-D MoBo, Wildcat 880Pro graphics card and Vegas works great on this PC. However, VEGAS IS NOT OPTIMIZED FOR DUAL PROCS. Only the WMV9 template (because it uses the Windows codec) will use both procs.

A single P4 2.8, 3.0 or 3.20 proc will render an .avi, mpg 1 or 2 project faster than dual AMD 32bit "anythings."

One benefit of duals is that Vegas will use one proc to render a project and you can use the other proc to work on another....increases your efficiency.
And many other apps (Boris Red) utilize dual procs so there are still many benefits to using this type of system.
Maestro wrote on 12/14/2003, 10:33 PM
Been using Vegas on a dual Athlon 1800 with a Tyan motherboard without ever having a problem.
busterkeaton wrote on 12/15/2003, 2:37 AM
One benefit of duals is that Vegas will use one proc to render a project and you can use the other proc to work on another....increases your efficiency.


You can also do this on a single CPU, especially if you have fast, hyperthreading chip. However, doing this on a dual cpu machine will be even better.
PAW wrote on 12/15/2003, 11:01 AM

You see the benefit of dual processors more during normal timeline previews

I "think" Vegas runs audio and video on seperate CPU's it definately is utilising some of the power available but not all.

The benefit is small on renders. I went for dualies knowing that the renders did not benefit that much but that's OK as I can still work on other stuff whilst it is doing the render from hell.

Other apps make good use of dual processors and can drive my dual xeons with hyperthreading flat out

I would not be suprised if Vegas uses dual processors better in the future as this subject does get raised on a regular basis.

Regards, PAW