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| Thread ID: 8520 | 2001-04-01 04:44:00 | Ram (shared) & needing objective advice on purchasing PC | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 10725 | 2001-04-01 04:44:00 | I have searched the F1 site looking for an explanation of the term 'shared ram' to no avail. Could someone please enlighten me? Also - I would love to buy 'just the right' PC to enable top quality video editing (for private use - but I'm fussy!), however I'm unfamiliar with a lot of terms and PC requirements for such work.I would appreciate any advice from PC users familiar with video editing regarding just what to spend my precious dollars on to custom build a powerful enough machine for this (and of course all the other usual!) applications. (The ceiling on the price would have to be be $3,800ish GST inclusive). Cheers Lynne Hawkins |
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| 10726 | 2001-04-01 07:32:00 | Hi As I understand things, shared RAM is when something like a graphics card uses the computer RAM rather than having its own RAM. An example here is my PC, which was originally 32 meg RAM, but the system resources always showed 28 meg as the graphics card used 4 meg. I added 64 megs and now have 96 meg RAM. Increasing the amount of RAM the graphics used from 4 to 8 megs now results in the system showing 88 megs of computer RAM. However, I would suggest you look at a computer with a graphics card complete with inbuilt RAM if you are looking for video and graphic editing capability. Matt |
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| 10727 | 2001-04-01 13:11:00 | matt s is correct on the shared ram. i'm no expert on video editing but i understand that video capture cards must match the software u use. ie if u upgrade the software u must also must get a compatable capture card. graphics is one of the hardest thigs to do on a home pc. get the fastest u can afford, HUGE amounts of ram (512mb+) and a large harddrive. if u r only going to do 2d images then have a look at some of the cheap video cards (cheak out 3dlabs permedia). |
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| 10728 | 2001-04-01 19:16:00 | Of course the whole thing depends on how much you are prepared to spend and how long you intend to keep the comp. before replacing it. Firstly, do not have anything to do with the cheap toys advertised by the chain stores in the daily papers. be prepared to spend a minimum of $3,000. Probably the best place to go would be Dell or Gateway or any other large company that will give you options. You want at least a pentium 111 processor, a graphics card with 32mb of ram.If you are doing graphics you will need at least 128mb of ram. Insist on PC133 ram. Do not even look at anything with integrated periphials. Just as a personal preferance, do not buy anything with a Celeron processor,or an AMD of any sort. Another suggestion. Have a look at the PC Company catalogue. It was in PC World last month and the month before.I have never had anything to do with them, but they seem to be able to supply what anyone would want. One last thing. Make sure you get a 17' monitor.Anything smaller these days is a waste of money.(My first monitor was only 12' and was advertised as 'large') Good luck, Jack |
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| 10729 | 2001-04-02 00:03:00 | The others seem to have the right idea -high end kit all the way. Here are some of the bits you'll need: Good hardware accelerated video card, perhaps an nvidia GTS 2 chipset based card? Good quality Video capture board Plenty of RAM 320MB+ Quick CPU (No durons or celerons!)-P3 1GHz? Quick SCSI controller and Harddrive, perhaps a Seagate Cheetah 75GB? (important!!) Good Quality sound card. Creative Live series? Windows 2000 Professional (Very Importantant Win9x/ME will just make you cry when it crashes and takes out 4 hours work) |
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| 10730 | 2001-04-02 11:53:00 | your budget is small for a high end computer. try looking at an ati 'all in wonder' video card. good 3d, video caputre and (acording to some uses) better quality pic than nvida. forget scsi harddrives, they are fast but VERY expensive. try ide raid, motherboards are coming out with them built in. a promise card is prefered. for cpu thunderbird or p3, amd is faster and cheaper. make sure u get 133mhz fsb and pc133 ram.(ddr if u can afford it) a good high res monitor that can support high (80hz+) refreash rates at high res. i think your budget is to small for top end so u might have to skimp in a few aeras to keep to your budget. just make sure u get the basics right so it is easy to upgrade when u can afford it. |
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| 10731 | 2001-04-03 04:23:00 | hi, 't r's solution will be fine for beginners and amateurs, so may apply to you. However, if you want to do it right you will not be able to use an 'all in one' video card. Nor can you skimp on the SCSI. Even with raid IDE you'll just get dropped frames. 6 grand will go a long way if you hunt around and do the assembly yourself. Decent components: Monitor $600 Case $100 Video card $300 SCSI controller $400 RAM $400 Harddrive $2000 Motherboard $300 CPU $800 Capture card $1000 The SCSI drive seems expensive, but bear in mind you'll get over 50GB of storage, and believe you me, you'll need it *all*!! You may need to add another grand if you want to be fully legal on the software thing however. It's a fallacy that AMD is _always_ faster, there are many applications where an intel will dominate. |
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