Pentium D

frazerb wrote on 8/12/2005, 3:45 PM

Does anybody have any experience with a Pentium D processor and how well it works with Vegas?

The Dual Core of the Pentium D is cited by salespeople as superior to Pentium 4 hyper threading for processor intense applications (such as video editing).

Buddy

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goshep wrote on 8/12/2005, 4:49 PM

I considered it for my latest upgrade but couldn't find anyone with any real world experience to confirm performance. I too would be interested in knowing (albeit too late.)

BUMP

VVentures wrote on 8/12/2005, 8:42 PM

I have the new Gateway 840GM which has the Pentium D 3.0GHz processor. I also have a Gateway700GR with 3.4GHz HT. I noticed a pretty significant difference between the 2. Both have 2GB or RAM but a typical render on the HT computer for a wedding might be 4 hours whereas on the Pentium D it was about 2.5 hours.

filmy wrote on 8/12/2005, 9:32 PM

>>>I also have a Gateway700GR with 3.4GHz HT<<<

Hey..totally OT to this thread but did you have the overheating/power draw = auto shutdown issues when you got this? I got this unit when it first came out...and I do mean "first". Tech support had not even played with these and offered no real help at all. By the suggestions of the folk in these here parts (meaning these Vegas video forums) I did testing and found out the included power supply is under par for what the system was being hyped as/for. (Video editing) Gateway has never offered any sort of "Sorry" or offered to upgrade the power supply. No sir - after many tech calls and emails, and when I finally discovered it was the power supply and informed them, I got a snail mail letter from them saying something along the lines of: "We are happy you found, and resolved, the problem on your own. If there is anything else we can do please let us know. Thank you for choosing Gateway"

Wolfgang S. wrote on 8/13/2005, 3:20 AM

I think the thread is not offtopic- for m2t it is a central thread. Since Vegas does not support special hardware cards as Canopus does, most of us will look for faster PCs for m2t cutting.

So, I am keen to learn more about the experience with a Gateway 700GR and Pentium D. Have you tested m2t footage, how many frames do you see if you play m2t footage from the timeline directly (in what preview quality)? Would be a great information.

Xander wrote on 8/13/2005, 1:32 PM

I have the Dell XPS Gen 5 with Pentium 840 D. It is definitely significantly faster than my previous P4 3.2 GHz HT. Rendering to .m2t from Cinform HD avi's with no video fx, etc. is almost real-time. I normally do network rendering locally on the PC to maximise CPU usage.