I currently have a Pentium 4 1.6 Ghz processor and am replacing it with a 2.4 Ghz processor. Currently when I attempt to edit video, the system works very slowly. Will upgrading this processor help? Or do I need to get a new motherboard and a faster processor?
2007-02-11 06:20:49 · 5 answers · asked by Remlebeau 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
I do video editing with my 500 MHz Celeron with 512 Mb of memory. And it isn't that slow.
Yes, a faster processor and more memory does help, but the biggest thing that helped me was to have as little as possible running in the background. Sure, you probably don't have any other applications running, but you probably have a ton of processes running.
Go to the task manager and look at how many processes are running (Ctrl-Alt-Del). Use websites like www.answersthatwork.com to figure out what you have running. Run msconfig at the Start/Run prompt and click on the Startup tab and shutdown everything you don't need.
Cleaning up your running processes will make the biggest difference.
2007-02-11 14:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by Kreeshtar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep in mind that the processor is not the only determining factor in how fast your computer edits and compiles video.
2.4Ghz should be a good upgrade to help it speed up. But the amount of memory you have installed is a major factor as well. For video editing on an XP machine, I would reccommend no less than 1gig of ram. 2 gigs would be ideal.
2007-02-11 14:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definetly, the faster the processor the better, but remember that memory when it comes to video editing matters just as much. 2.4Ghs P4 processor and 1Gig of RAM should do the job just fine on an xp OS. Good luck.
2007-02-11 14:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Elgato 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, upgrading the processor will help. It depends what sort of processor you are getting.
Intel has some cool "Conroe" processors. Conroe carries sequence numbers E4000 and E6000 and arrive in six versions with clock speeds of up to 2.66 GHz.
I'm getting an E6800 :)
2007-02-11 14:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by Linux OS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your processor should be rated at 2.2MHz or more to do video editing. When you put the 2.4MHz in that should improve your results. RAM should be at 1GB or more also.
2007-02-11 16:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋