Looking to upgrade older laptop for video editing on a budget (<$300).
(Thought this info was included earlier, but I guess not):
Hello All!
I am hoping to create sports highlight videos from video taken with a Sony, using the AVCHD format. I have PowerDirector 11. My specs are:
Model: Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-65 2.10Ghz
Memory: 4GB
System: Vista 32-bit
Storage: Internal HD 255gb, 29.3gb free. Using a dedicated 500gb external HD for all video
Currently, when I try to edit the video, the rendering is very slow, and there is a significant lag. I am just cutting and splitting clips (not doing any special effects, trasitions, etc.), but it takes a very long time to edit even one clip in 2 minutes of footage.
I know I have an old computer, and I only have max $300 to spend, but I'd like to know if there is anything I can do to make editing easier. I've done all of the normal things to increase computer performance/speed (i.e. disabled most startup programs, deleted files using disk cleanup). Is there any part of the computer I can upgrade (I've read that with the 32-bit OS it can only use 4GB ram max, is that true?)? Is there any other hardware I could get to speed things up? Thanks for any help!
(Thought this info was included earlier, but I guess not):
Hello All!
I am hoping to create sports highlight videos from video taken with a Sony, using the AVCHD format. I have PowerDirector 11. My specs are:
Model: Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-65 2.10Ghz
Memory: 4GB
System: Vista 32-bit
Storage: Internal HD 255gb, 29.3gb free. Using a dedicated 500gb external HD for all video
Currently, when I try to edit the video, the rendering is very slow, and there is a significant lag. I am just cutting and splitting clips (not doing any special effects, trasitions, etc.), but it takes a very long time to edit even one clip in 2 minutes of footage.
I know I have an old computer, and I only have max $300 to spend, but I'd like to know if there is anything I can do to make editing easier. I've done all of the normal things to increase computer performance/speed (i.e. disabled most startup programs, deleted files using disk cleanup). Is there any part of the computer I can upgrade (I've read that with the 32-bit OS it can only use 4GB ram max, is that true?)? Is there any other hardware I could get to speed things up? Thanks for any help!
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