My new built for video editing, not sure for ram

[mationman]

Sorry if someones already said this just had a quick skim through but instead of a Quaddro you could get a ATI Fire GL i've read some pretty good reviews in 3d world and some of the prices in the uk are pretty good.

 

[hieuhef]

found it: you won't be able to utilize 4gb of ram in xp 32 or vista 32.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929605/en-us

it'll show up as 3.2 or 3.12, but it'll still be unavailable, which i see it was all the more reason to get xp 64 or vista 64.

if it's going to be a workstation, you almost certainly have to get a 64 bit os in order to use it to its full potential.

 

[smudgee]

alas, 4gb is a requirement to do any work on vista, as the os itself uses a whole gb with steam running in the background 8O



and, i backed off of a raptor drive last minute before i ordered all my parts.



thats interesting , i saw in another post that seagate are soon making a 10,000 rpm drive......i dont know more . I await the new adobe CS3 stuff too , hopin its more multi threaded friendly etc, thingz are lookin good for thefuture. Ive not used vegas , i heard its got great fast preview when scrubbing in the timeline. Mainly I use after effects for motion graphics , my partner of sorts , who does later cuts on our work ,uses premier.

He wants to build a new machine soon , as does a photoshop/gfx designer friend of mine, so cheers for the feedback , n good luck with your creations.

smudgee

 

[x_nick2001]

- OCZ GameXStream 700W ATX12V 24PIN SLI Ready Active PFC ATX Power Supply 120MM Fan Black
- 2 X OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-4-4-15 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit
- 2 X Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache Ncq Hard Drive
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Dual Core Processor LGA775 Conroe 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 4MB Cache Retail Box
- Western Digital Raptor 150GB Sata 10KRPM 16MB Ncq 5YR Mfr Warranty Hard Drive
- Asus P5B Deluxe Atx LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 2PCI-E16 PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Dts Sound 1394 Motherboard
- Scythe Ninja Plus REV.B Heatpipe Fanless Heatsink AM2 LGA775 S478 S754 S939 W/ 120MM Fan Adjuster
- Arctic Silver 5 HIGH-DENSITY Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound 3.5 Gram

but for the video card I want to go with a x1950Pro as I think it will be well enough for the moment, but read a lot and people seems to be having problems with many of them, any one having one and beeing happy of it???

- ASUS Radeon X1950 Pro 581MHZ 256MB 1.4GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card $206.28CAD
- Diamond Viper Radeon X1950 Pro 575MHZ PCI-E 512MB 1.38GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Video Card $301.45CAD
- HIS Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ3 Turbo 620MHZ 256MB 1.48GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI VIVO HDCP Video Card $264.89CAD
- Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 575MHZ PCI-E 256MB 1.38GHZ GDDR3 Dual DVI-I TV-OUT Lite Retail Video Card $205.20CAD

I am going with a x1950Pro even if it is not a good overclcoker, and THD put it as the best buy for the middle range