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April 9th, 2002 04:00
Advise needed for computer upgrade
Could I please get some advise as to how I can better use/update my computer for video editing? At the moment I can comfortably edit around 10-15 minutes of video but if I want more on the computer it starts to slow down or stop. I have Dimension XPS B733x, 20gb H/D, 2x128mb RAM, a setting of 3gb memory for the editing software and are running at 94% performance and 16gb disk space. What are some options I can apply to speed/improve or change what I have? Thanks, Meezi.
Message Edited on 04/09/02 12:55AM by meezi
Message Edited on 04/09/02 12:55AM by meezi
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Ziwpiz
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April 9th, 2002 13:00
1.) Add more memory to your machine, More memory always helps, if that is not financially practacle right now then wait.
2.) Keep your machine DE-FRAGMENTED. This seems to keep it runing at top performance.
3.) When getting ready to do your editing, use control-Alt-Delete and close down all programs except EXPLORER & SYSTRAY
4.) last but not least, disable your screen-saver
These may sound like simple steps, but sometimes will make a big difference in performance.
Hope that helps...
Ziwpiz
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sa_mike
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April 10th, 2002 01:00
Of the 4 suggestions mentioned by Ziwpiz, only #1 will have any noticable effect. Video editing is memory intensive. There's just no escaping that fact.
meezi
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April 10th, 2002 10:00
Meezi
sa_mike wrote:
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- Of the 4 suggestions mentioned by Ziwpiz, only #1
- will have any noticable effect. Video editing is
- memory intensive. There's just no escaping that
- fact.
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