The question of speed.

Toh_ · Post by **Toh_** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 14:44

Hi i'm using a 2000xp, 512mb, 7200rpm harddisk and a gf440mx at this moment and i have a question:

I'm thinking of switching videocards, g400 is cheap and get's me a previewwindow, 9500 is more expensive and gets me preview too, but does it make my video run faster?

I find with indeo that with 3 layers resolume becomes quite slow! Recompress to cinepak?

Thanks!

Toh (Ezthetics)

SuperficiaL_ · Post by **SuperficiaL_** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:31

hi there,

i think resolume slows down because of your hard disk...
im using a firewire external harddisk, works great...
and i use the cinepak codec to.
so i think u should first try that before changing videocards.
and firewire cards for pc are down to 30 euros nowadays, and firewire external harddisks are down to 150 euros... and they give u a lot of space. im using a 120 Gb harddisk and that gives u a lot of freedom (not only u can have several cuts of films but i keep the originals to so i dont get stuck with 320/240 material when i get a faster computer and i can have more resolution)

good luck

ether_warpTV_ · Post by **ether_warpTV_** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 03:37

Hi Toh

IMO don't change from indeo to cinepak - cinepak is ugly! lots of compression artefacts.
We use a p4 1.8, 512RAM, 7200rpm drive, matrox g550. works fine with indeo 320x240 avis and flash - 3 layers, with effects.
Use a separate hard drive (not just a partition) for your movie footage, this can increase playback speed.
I'm sure the 9500 will give you even better performance...

ether
warpTV