Proposed spec for HD video editing.

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snapper48

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Any thoughts please?

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Skinner

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Hi snapper48, what software are you going to be using for video editing? If you will be using Adobe Premier and After Effects CS5 I think they can take advantage of cuda technology, the GTX 460 has between 288-336 cuda cores (streams) depending on the model. I'm not sure of the price difference but a GTX 470 might be a better option with 448 cuda cores? I think this spec will handle HD video editing well, you could always consider more ram for things like ram previews and scrubbing the timeline but I guess you could upgrade this at a later date.
 
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snapper48

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Hi Skinner, thanks for your reply.

Currently I'm either using Premier 6.5 or Sony Vegas Movie Studio 10.

Once I have the new kit my intention is to upgrade the software. Having spent all this money though, can I afford Premier CS5!?

I'd never heard of CUDA, after a quick look at Wikipedia I don't understand it either. But I'm happy to take your advice and will change to the GTX-470 graphics card.
 
Skinner

Skinner

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I know the software is bloody expensive! I need to buy the Adobe Production Premium suite which is about £1600! More than the computer I've order from PCS.

Here's a couple of links that might help http://www.nvidia.com/object/builtforadobepros.html and http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_videos.html In basic terms what cuda does is use the streams on the graphics card (which I guess process information) to perform certain tasks. So a way of looking at is that a card with say 448 cuda cores is using each one of those cores to process information whereas with using the cpu you might only have 4 cores, hence the dramatic speed increases. There are only certain softwares that use cuda at the moment but it's getting more popular. I've bought my gtx 470 to use in this software http://www.refractivesoftware.com/index.php to render 3d artwork and animations.

Might be worth you having bit more of a read into as I wouldn't want you to spend more money if you don't need to.

Hope this helps.
 
Skinner

Skinner

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Hey snapper 48, I've just posted another reply about cs5 and cuda. Apparently it needs moderating, I'm guessing because it's got a few links in it.
 
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