premiere pro

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:49 pm

it can improve, but the memory also determines how fast/smooth your computer runs.

Premiere uses a lot of your computer's memory (AE uses even more), if you have other programs open/have a very complicated section in your video it can drastically reduce performance.

lets say that you are running these programs with your XP 2800 and 512MB of ram. Windows XP takes a chunk of your memory to run (probably around 200-300MB of ram). Now add on top of that premiere (in my experience, premiere takes about 100 - 150MB of ram), other programs take more ram...and soon, you're out of memory to use.

sometime before this happens, windows starts to use virtual memory (a part of your hard drive that is used like ram). virtual memory is a lot slower than physical memory (ram) which makes your performance even worse (but it beats the alternative)

if you try the same things with a better cpu (which takes care of tasks faster) and more memory (faster timings help too, but this isn't as crucial) you will without a doubt increase system performance.

I was doing fine with an Athlon 64 3200 and 512MB ram...but I upgraded to 1GB ram (keep in mind that this is a laptop I'm talking about) because I was getting memory access violations. but with AE, I wouldn't want to run it with anything less than 1GB of ram.

out of curiosity, what are your system specs?

thebattosai · Post by **thebattosai** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:05 pm

Thanks allot...u rlly helped

but in order to upgrade to AMD 64 i need a new mother board rite?
thats not gud...

i dont have a full system specs but i o know

AMD athlon xp 2800+ 2.18 GHz
512 RAM
50 Gs of free space on main hardrive
and a external 80 gig hardrive

thebattosai · Post by **thebattosai** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:08 pm

if i cn find tho cash for it...i'll go with the upgrade to AMD 64 and upgrade in RAM...

but if i cnt..i'll just buy a 1 Gig ram stick...and have 2 satisfy with that.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:33 pm

if you do upgrade, this mobo and this cpu only add up to $130
need to get a new power supply? total comes to $150

unfortunately, ram is the most expensive part of this upgrade (~$120), and since the mobo manufacturer didn't make it easy to find ram compatibility...you'd probably have to get Kingston or Corsair.

thebattosai · Post by **thebattosai** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:44 pm

thnks alot

one more question....as you can see i'm a bit new to computing and their specs...so exactly what is cache....

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:48 pm

an ammount of memory dedicated to the cpu.
the bigger the cache, the more information a cpu can hold at one instance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L1_cache
the L1 cache is usually smaller and faster than the L2 cache...I don't know the differences off the top of my head

thebattosai · Post by **thebattosai** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:06 pm

THNX ALOT...ur a real help

thebattosai · Post by **thebattosai** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:08 pm

wait...i just thought of somthing. Isnt winows vista coming out soon?...i might then have want to upgrade again....

shuldnt i jus wait for that to be release and i could buy a new cpu systemm...thats what i'm planing....and comments?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:10 pm

Why would you want to get Windows Vista?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:19 pm

if you get that new cpu/mobo (and possibly psu) then your computer should be vista ready
*goes to check*
might need a graphics card too...

It depends on how old your current computer is now. if your computer is older than...uhh...about 4 years, then you might just want to wait to upgrade til vista comes out