OT: New PC - more RAM, Quadro, or better CPU ?

alltheseworlds wrote on 6/13/2010, 10:37 PM

I need a new PC for editing. I'd like to get the best of everything, but not possible atm.

So where should I concentrate the goodness ?

Should the money be spent on, say, a i7 960 rather than a 930; 12Gb or RAM instead of 6Gb; or a Quadro FX 1800 instead of a 580 ?

thanks

Comments

John_Cline wrote on 6/14/2010, 12:00 AM

If you are building this machine specifically for editing using Vegas, then a faster CPU would make the most difference. 6GB of RAM is enough and Vegas currently doesn't use the GPU of the video card. This could change soon though.

alltheseworlds wrote on 6/14/2010, 1:37 AM

So perhaps 6Gb RAM with a 960 CPU ? What would be the best graphics card to hedge my bets on GPU/CUDA/Vegas 10 ? Still the 580 ?

Chienworks wrote on 6/14/2010, 3:52 AM

Personally, i'd go with the absolute cheapest video card you can lay your hands on (under $10, or use your old one for free) until we know for sure which video cards work best. That way you've wasted almost nothing.

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 6/14/2010, 11:10 AM

"Personally, i'd go with the absolute cheapest video card you can lay your hands on (under $10, or use your old one for free) until we know for sure which video cards work best. That way you've wasted almost nothing."

- Ditto

Dave

alltheseworlds wrote on 6/14/2010, 2:42 PM

Then that's what I'm going to do. Thanks all :-)

Former user wrote on 6/14/2010, 6:31 PM

If Vegas is the only video application you will be running, then yes, just go with a good basic video card. But if you are using other apps, then verify if they can utilize any of the features of a video card and build around that.

Dave T2