CPU for Video Editing

pegasus1 · 14 Aug 2006 at 12:04

Been asked to build a system for a mate
How are the conroe chips for Video editing, im fine with all the other components but never used conroe.
Cheers
Also is pinnacle still the best video editing softwear for £60ish.

rickyt · 14 Aug 2006 at 17:36

I must admit ,I haven't heard of a conroe chip ,but I started off video editing on a AMD 1.4 gig processor with no problems whatsoever using Pinnacle 9 . I have since upgraded to a AMD 2gig and AMD 2.8gig [I now have two standalone PC's for editing ] My Pinnacle 9 only cost £29.00 from *C*orld .I think I may have mentioned in the past ,my editing PC's are not net connected and have no AV/spyware programs running hence nothing to interupt the data flow .I get no dropped frames or poor DVD's , it makes one hell of a difference .

sunlitsix · 14 Aug 2006 at 18:01

intel's have always been very good at video editing/encoding, and the conroe is no exception.
very powerful cpu's

sidthesexist · 15 Aug 2006 at 08:28

i'd rather use sony vegas rather than pinnacle, every thing i've tried from pinnicle in the past has been lousy :mad:

Wile E. Coyote · 15 Aug 2006 at 08:34

Sony vegas user also, carn't go wrong with it, cut down version is about £60 now. Great value

pegasus1 · 15 Aug 2006 at 11:09

Wile E. Coyote said:
Sony vegas user also, carn't go wrong with it, cut down version is about £60 now. Great value

Is it optimised for duel core? What is cut down by the way.

Wile E. Coyote · 15 Aug 2006 at 16:24

I think most video editing uses both cores of a duel core processor, haven't got duel core myself

so carn't say for certain. The professional version of sony vegas is about £500, this version is missing some of the more fancy features but is still a great editing package

pegasus1 · 15 Aug 2006 at 19:10

Cheers fella's

alexakasloth · 15 Aug 2006 at 20:53

Sorry to take this slightly off topic, but is avid liquid the new pinnacle?

Don't know where I got that from, but it's in my head for some reason...

Retorted · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:57

$loth said:
Sorry to take this slightly off topic, but is avid liquid the new pinnacle?

Don't know where I got that from, but it's in my head for some reason...

Avid acquired Pinnacle sometime ago and have now rebranded the package