Thanks Don.

Hope others add their specs, as 8.0c, when it does come, may or may not address these memory issues many of us seem to be having.

HP Workstations are another option I've been looking at. I've heard a lot of good things about them.

Here are my specs with Vegas 8 Pro running perfectly with Vista 64Bit Ultimate:

Motherboard- MSI P6N Sli
RAM- 8 Gig Corsair XMS DDR2 PC800
Processor- Q6600 Quadcore 2.4Ghz
Video Card- AMD Visiontek HD4870 512Mb
Soundcard- Auzentech 7.1 Prelude
Power Supply- Thermaltake 600Watt
Hard drives- 1- Seagate 500Gig Sata 3 32Mb cache, 1- Samsung 400 Gig Sata 3
2- DVD Burners Liteon
1- Bluray Burner LG
Samsung 22" LCD
Vizio 37" HDTV (Connected to HD4870 Video card VIA HDMI)

Mark,

Using the following with 8b and Vista 64 Service Pack 1. I had to install the Sony Vegas HDV beta patch to get it to work with Panasonic AVCHD 1920x1080p clips but now it runs fine:

Mboard: EVGA nForce 790i Ultra SLI 775 A1 Version
Part Number: 132-CK-NF79-A1 Bios P06
RAM: 4Gb Corsair DDR3 1600
Hard drive: Seagate 1Tb SATA drive x 2 in Raid 0 array
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Core Extreme 3.2GHz O'cd to 4GHz
Video Card: EVGA 9800GX2
Sound Card: Asus Xonar
DVD Burner: LG GGW-H20L Bluray Burner
Camera: Panasonic HDC-SD9

I'm on vista 64 with intel mobo, Q6600, 8 gig ram (no page file), ATI video card, and I'm now rendering a lot of M2T for BluRay with no issues. in other words my timelines are close to 2 hours with upwards of 400 clips

Vista 64, 8 gig ram, Q6600, Sony Sata and LG bluray burner, Gigabyte board, and only two problems---one with Gigabyte raid driver that does not recognize the SATA burners or the IDE "C" drive in IDE mode (Per Gigabyte support) (have to use Raid/Ide mode which has huge problems accessing SATA optical drives) and the other is intermittant operation of initialization of Cineform capture but it does work fine after Vista 64 says OK. Also "Earthquake" doesn't work at all.
JJK

Installed new Gigabyte raid driver (July 20)
and fixed problems.
JJK

Vista 64 on 2 machines, both running Vegas 8 Pro with zero problems, rock solid & stable.

Using a Sony SR12E video camera - AVCHD files. Both computers play files right out of the camera with zero problems. Vegas renders (etc) without any issues.

main PC:
Q9500 quad core processor
X48 D5S Gigabyte motherboard
4gb Kingston PC 1066 mhz dual channel ram
Nvidia 8800GTS (640mb) graphic card
Primary drive: WD Raptor 10,000rpm (150gb)
+ 8 other hard drives (7 SATA + 2 PATA / IDE) = 4.9tb
Vista 64 SP1

laptop:
Toshiba X200 / F007
Intel T9300 (Core 2 duo) 2.5ghz
4gb dual channel ram (PC 667mhz)
250gb (7,200rpm) + 500gb (5,400rpm) hard drives
dual Nvidia 8600gt SLI graphic cards

Your first problem is that Vegas isn't qualified to run under Vista 64. If it works then it's simply by good luck.
Secondly while it's not beyond the realms of possibility that you do have a hardware issue there's plenty of good system diagnostics and stress tests that'll weed out any latent defects in your hardware. If they don't reveal any problems then you can be 100% certain that you've simply unfortunately been bitten by one or more of the multiple bugs in V8. If the later is the case then changing hardware will not fix the problem. Reverting to V7.0d may be your best hope.

If your ONLY problem is Vegas crashing during long renders and at random points first eliminate the simple possibility that your CPU is overheating. There are some stress test that will run your CPU at 100% load on all cores indefinately. Might be worth a) Checking your PC for a build up of dust and fluff. b) Running a stress test for 24 hours.

Bob.

Just noticed another reply to my thread on this. Right at this moment, I'm in the middle of XP driver/OS/ieee1394 hell, since XP Service Pack 2 apparently has a bug (just downloaded and installed a HotFix) that keeps it from recognizing 1394 devices (sometimes). Yesterday it recongized it fine, but now I plug in an HV20, the familiar alert tone beeps, but no camera shows up in "my computer". Computer, my ass. It's a hobbled together kit car. PCs and XP/Vista, at this stage, remind me of nothing more than the souped up Volkswagens I toyed with as a kid. As I type this on my rock-solid Mac, I wonder how much longer I can use Vegas when it is crippled by the mess of an OS it runs on...

Please, someone buy Vegas and port it to OSX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


PS - Just downloading the "HotFix" from the Microsoft website had me jumping through numerous hoops to validate that my version of XP was legit. Come the F*%$ on!

I'm trying to download a fix for YOUR buggy OS and your making me jump through hoops! Talk about pouring salt in the wound... I HAVE HAD IT WITH MSFT!

Whoooooooo................... now THAT is a rant........................

"but now I plug in an HV20, the familiar alert tone beeps, but no camera shows up in "my computer". "

It's been a while since I operated XP, but I had no problems with my HV20, and if I remember correctly, HDV cams don't show up in "my computer". You will find it as "AVC device" somewhere in device manager.

XP SP3 here, no problem with HDV VCR.

Not found any of the V8 bugs got fixed between SP2 and SP3 though.

I suspect you're giving yourself a lot of angst trying to fix Vegas bugs.

Bob.

It's actually working now, after I connected/reconnected a dozen times. It seems to be completely random. But I really don't think it's Vegas. Now that XP does recognize it, the camcorder does appear in the "my computer" window. Got me.

I think this is all rooted in the flawed approach that is the PC world, with thousands of manufacturers and software developers all designing for one OS. It seems that Apple, by controlling all aspects of software and hardware development, implementation and support, is able to weed out the many problems that plague Microsoft.

But I still love Vegas.

Well, this is what I have ordered and I hope to run exactly what everyone here is doing. So I hope this system will be the base to start with and then add in the additional drives and optical drives to support Vegas and DVDA. Keeping my fingers crossed.

A modified IBUYPOWER - Gamer Paladin 780-SC Modified
Case - Thermaltake Xaser VI Gaming Case Black/Red
Power Supply - 800 Watt -- Power Supply Quad SLI Ready
Processor - Quad Core Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450 (4x 2.66GHz/12MB L2 Cache/1333FSB)
Processor Cooling - INTEL Certified Liquid CPU Cooling System kit
Motherboard - SLI eVGA Nvidia nForce 780i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, 3-Way PCI-E MB 3-Way SLI
Memory - 4 GB [1 GB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video
Hard Drive - 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive – 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black
Sound Card - 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Speaker System - 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System
Network Card - Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Floppy Drive - None
Keyboard - Logitech Deluxe Keyboard Black
Mouse - Logitech Optical Internet Mouse Black
USB 2.0 Accessories - Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Flash Media Reader/Writer - 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black
Operation System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit
External Wireless Network Adapter - [Special !!!] Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps PCI Adapter

Gary Ashorn

Argh... I just recently took the plunge to Vista 64. I took a previous project I had created in WinXP, loaded the project but changed the footage to a multicam edit and it crashed and burned. I removed the multicam track and just loaded the main clip (which was HDV) went to render and crashed again. :(

It appears I can edit fine in Vegas 8.0b but when it comes to rendering for DVD (I used DVD Arch Widescreen) in my batch render and even when just using the single cam HDV it still crashes. Any suggestions?