Speed versus Number of Cores for AVCHD Editing

VideoP wrote on 4/8/2008, 10:41 AM
I posted this on another site but wasn't able to get the answer I was looking for. I'm about to upgrade the e4300 I have to something faster. My budget is $300. I'm not concerned with render speed since everything I do is for my own personal use, it can run overnight for all I care. What I do care about is how well Vegas 8 Pro behaves while editing, specifically timeline playback performance in draft mode and ability to playback with some of the effects I often use (basic transitions, velocity envelope changes). I'd hate to go out and buy a Q9300 which runs somewhere around 2.5ghz and just be under the threshold of good performance for every day editing needs when a 3.0ghz e8400 would have done the trick for less money. Some may say buy a Q6600 and overclock. My Intel MB doesn't overclock and I really don't want to pull everything apart to install one that can. I'm looking for out of the box performance.

Thanks,

Paul

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Wolfgang S. wrote on 4/8/2008, 11:43 AM
I run my Q6600 with overclocking - instead of 2.4 Ghz with 3.3 Ghz. And it really helps for 1920-AVCHD - what is a nightmare, even with a Q6600 and 2.4 Ghz.

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Laptop: ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED * internal HDR preview * i9 12900H with i-GPU Iris XE * 32 GB Ram) * Geforce RTX 3070 TI 8GB * internal HDR preview on the laptop monitor * Blackmagic Ultrastudio 4K mini

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VideoP wrote on 4/16/2008, 8:11 AM
I replaced my E4300 with a Q9300 (2.5ghz) and the step up in performance is exactly what I was looking for in terms of day to day editing. Playback from the timeline with simple transitions and velocity changes is to my eye close enough to real time to make editing enjoyable again. Rendering is still slow when compared to HDV but that was expected.

My motherboard doesn't allow over clocking (intel) but it really doesn't matter. I'm happy with the results I'm getting and my my CPU fans RPM is as low as it ever was with the E4300 during rendering.
Tinle wrote on 4/18/2008, 12:01 PM
You might examine the new 9450 quad as well

It was a microcenter for $300.00 a couple of days ago.

faster than both the 9300 & 6600.