Your System Requierments for V V 3

Hunter240x wrote on 8/11/2002, 11:11 PM

I know what the site says for the system requierments for Vegas Video 3 but I was wondering what you all use. I still in the research phase of buying my video equipment and I've heard some good things about VV3. So I've checked out the features, read the reviews, and I must say it does sound good. So it will probably be what I end up buying. But my computer is rather out of date. So unfortuantly, I have to update it a little.

So, long story short, I was wondering what you guys/girls have reguarding the proccessor (Mhtz...or whatever that abbreviation is) the RAM, and Hard Drive Space. Also, how does the program work with your system. Any problems?

Thanks for any replys sent.
John

Comments

seeker wrote on 8/12/2002, 12:15 AM

John,

My system requirements are almost exactly the same as the minimum posted system requirements, and Vegas performs satisfactorily for me. I have a 401MHz Athlon, 256MB RAM, and everything else the same except Internet Explorer 6.0. My system is quite usable, but I think my timeline previews would be smoother with a faster CPU and more RAM. There are people using Vegas Video successfully on laptops, which for a video editor is pretty neat. Although laptops have gotten pretty powerful of late. I personally think Vegas' flexibility with respect to hardware is one of its strong points.

-- Burton --

Hunter240x wrote on 8/12/2002, 2:45 AM

Seeker... by "Timeline previews" you mean the realtime previews, right? I currently have for my computer (which is 4 years old) a 400 Mhtz processor (Pentium 3) 64 MB RAm and only 6 GB hard drive. So you can see that I really want/have to upgrade, or buy a new computer for editing. Right now I'm jobless which is why I'm stuck just doing research...lol So hopefully I can get a job soon and save up enough money. That's kind of the reason I asked the question. I would like to know what will make everything run smoothly with the software, so I don't run into any future problems that could've been avoided.

Cheesehole wrote on 8/12/2002, 3:55 AM

Hunter, there's lots of advice already posted and lots of system specs. there's system specs in every other post it seems. also lots of recommendations. I just ordered parts for a new video system that I'm building.

1394 Adapter: $35
1394 (Firewire) Adapter: 3-Port IEEE 1394 PCI (SiiG Model# NN-300012)

Ram: $169
Corsair 512MB DDR333 PC2700 SDRAM w/Heat Spreader Retail CAS2

Cpu: $119
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ 1.666GHz Processor

Media Drive: $178
Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB (WD1200BB Special Edition) 120GB EIDE ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer

Mboard: $106.00
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP DDR

Video Adapter: $96.00 TCWO
Millennium G550 32mb Dualhead

shaunn wrote on 8/12/2002, 6:42 AM

I wonder why most people still order the now getting old G550 from matrox for dual head use?

There is the new ATI 8500/9000pro or Nvidia MX460 chipset that can do dualhead too and is much faster then matrox G550...

Is there a reason I don't know about?

salad wrote on 8/12/2002, 7:56 AM

Price & reliability???

I am holding off on that G550 myself. Cheesehole just recently posted much success and happines with the Radeon 8500 64MB card.
Nvidia based cards are too pricey when they first get released. I have nvidia cards in each PC, but am looking forward to an affordable dual head solution, that also performs well in some games.
I say "affordable", cuz........I still need to find a 2nd monitor. One that fits on my workspace.

qfactor wrote on 8/12/2002, 7:57 AM

My system I'm using is not far from what you have. It's a Pentium III 500 Mhz with 256Mb RAM. I use a 12 Gig hd as my main drive and a 2nd 40gig drive (7200rpm) for video capture and NLE stuff using VV3.

So far, it's been able to do things satisfactorily though the previews are not worth looking at. But I noticed that if you play through the transition part many times enough, it does at least play back that portion smoothly enough to preview the effects. :-P

Hope it helps.

Qf

seeker wrote on 8/12/2002, 9:01 AM

John,

> "Seeker... by "Timeline previews" you mean the realtime previews, right? " <

Right. Realtime previews seem to be the most noticeable barometer of hardware capability. A render may actually be more computation intense, but you don't "see" the effects of a weak system there. The render simply takes longer to complete, and you may be taking a "break" during the render anyway, so you are less likely to be annoyed by it than you would be by an imperfect realtime preview.

From the standpoint of what you see, imperfect realtime previews seem to annoy people more than slow renders, and I think that is understandable. However, if you are working on a large project against a tight deadline, render times may be more important than smooth previews. Realtime previews have been described in other threads here in this forum as "jerky" or "stuttering."

In my opinion, realtime previews with out-of-sync audio and choppy video playback are symptoms of an underpowered computer or perhaps an overloaded computer [you should turn off Virus Scanners and any other unneeded competing processes.] I have experienced such symptoms myself, but my rendered AVIs play back smoothly (I haven't done MPEGs yet), so I am not too disturbed by imperfect realtime previews. At least, not yet.

If I upgraded to a faster CPU and more RAM, then I expect that my realtime previews would stay smooth longer as I added more stuff to my projects. But with Vegas' "unlimited" tracks, you can probably overload any hardware system if you add enough stuff to your project.

In my opinion, a perfectly smooth realtime preview is a "nice" thing to have, but it is not absolutely essential to producing a good movie, video, documentary, or music video. I wish you good luck in finding a job, and better times ahead.

-- Burton --

jordonringel wrote on 8/12/2002, 2:39 PM

im running a 1.8a overclocked to 2.4 with 512 pc2700 ram. My old computer was an 800mhz athlon with only 64mb of ram, and was so slow and caused so many problems. i now have windows xp on my new rig and it is GREAT!!!! I dont care what anybody says about xp sucking....I love it. I have an 80 gig system drive and an 80 gig media drive. The smartest thing i have ever done was invest in a new computer. What ever you do thugh.... dont go to dell, gateway, hp, compaq,........... Go to newegg.com or anyother computer place and build a computer. IT IS SO EASY!!!!! and you will save hundreds. It is also very fun. I cant imagine sitting on a 333mhz system.

1.8a p4 northwood
gigabyte ga-8iexp mobo .....built in usb 2.0 and 1394
512 samsung memory
geforce 4 ti4200
antec case 430watt supply
24x cd burner
16x dvd
fortissimo 2 sound card
cheap floppy
2x80 gig harddrive

HeeHee wrote on 8/12/2002, 4:26 PM

FYI - If you are thinking about getting a G550 Dual DVI (G55MADDA32DB), keep in mind that for dual displays you can either have two Digital LCDs or two analog CRTs, you can't mix and match. This particular card has one LFH-60 connector that you connect either a Dual DVI or Dual HD-15 splitter to. I believe there is another model G550 that has an HD-15 connector and a DVI connector on it so you can mix and match.

HeeHee wrote on 8/12/2002, 4:37 PM

My system is about a year and a half old and I have not had any issues except for the Audio/Video sync with captures on the ATI All-in-Wonder. However, this has nothing to do with Vegas.

specs:

Intel 933MHz PIII
AOpen MX-34 MoBo
256MB unbuffered SDRAM
ATI AIW 128 Pro TV Tuner/Capture Video card
VisionTek 1394 firewire card
40GB 7200RPM Quantum Hard Drive (Primary Master for OS and Apps)
120GB 7200RPM Western Digital HD (Primary Slave for Video Capture and editing)
Sound Blaster Live
PLEXTOR 12/10/32X CD-RW (Secondary Slave)
Sony 16X DVD-ROM (Secondary Master)
Windows XP Pro

Cheesehole wrote on 8/12/2002, 6:03 PM

>>>This particular card has one LFH-60 connector that you connect either a Dual DVI or Dual HD-15 splitter to.

couldn't you connect a DVI to Analog adapter to one of the DVI outputs? they are only about $6

shaunn wrote on 8/12/2002, 7:17 PM

Cheesehole,

Could you please tell me where can you find an adapter at that price? i am really interested to get one actually...

Thanks

Shaun

Cheesehole wrote on 8/12/2002, 7:26 PM

http://www.cruxworks.com/cruxworks/showdetails.phtml?pc=AML65&cw=160065

I don't know if these guys are any good, but they get decent ratings.

HeeHee wrote on 8/12/2002, 9:57 PM

You would think so, but the card I referenced comes with an odd cable for DVI. It replaces the cable that comes with the monitor. It's got two 6ft DVI cables that split from a LFH-60. So the connectors on the DVI end are male and the only DVI to analog adaptors I've seen are also male on the DVI end. I'm not sure if their is such a thing as an analog to DVI adaptor to go on the analog splitter. It wouldn't make sense since you would be losing signals.

Cheesehole wrote on 8/13/2002, 4:44 AM

I see what you mean that's whacked. thanks for the heads up.