New PC On The Radar

Sid Chigger wrote on 2/24/2009, 6:46 AM
Currently running VMSPP on a 2.8ghz Pentium D single core with 1GB of memory and one HDD.. No crashes but playback is filled with pauses, freezes etc.. I know I am right at the baseline "System Requirements" and it looks like I am going to be doing more and more video so, a new PC is on the radar.

I can get a good deal (I think) on a Dell.. I'd appreciate any suggestions on the following potential set up..
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI

I would add a second HDD for project files..

Thanks Folks!

SC




Comments

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 2/27/2009, 8:51 PM
Two remarks:
1) Vegas doesn't officially support 64 bit Windows. If anything goes wrong, you will NOT get any official support.
2) Your GPU will do for Vegas, but if I were you, I'd upgrade to something more powerful. If possible, nvidia, because Magic Bullet takes advantage of that.

EDIT:
Sony seems to have become more lenient now about this:
From knowledge base:
At the present time, Vegas Pro 8.1 and ACID Pro 7 are the only supported applications for Windows Vista 64-bit operating systems. While other SCS programs might install and function just fine on the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system, we cannot guarantee reliability. Basically, this is because programs like Sound Forge 8 or CD Architect 5.2 were created well before the advent of the Windows Vista 64-bit operating system.

You might consider running these problematic applications in 32-bit mode. Microsoft has created a pretty thorough article that can provide some help on this issue. Click this link to read it.
Sid Chigger wrote on 2/28/2009, 4:42 PM
Thank You!!