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tibou   07-09-2001 at 05:46:32 AM

I am currently looking into purchasing a new computer. I have a fairly good idea at what I want, but I want to know if it will be enough. My main use for the pc will be multimedia production (director, fireworks, ect..) and 3D modeling (maya 4 and 3ds max 4). My second use is video editing. I would like to be able to run adobe premiere 6 and after effects 5 to edit my video. The specs I am planning on using are:

amd athalon 4 1.5Gz+
nforce mb
256mb-512mb ram
win xp pro
ibm 75gb hd
firewire

I understand that half of this stuff isn't out yet, but i'm not in a huge hurry to upgrade (although my current sys is the craps). Now, I know that an ideal video editing system would cost way more and use dual processors, blah blah blah. My main focus is that it can run maya 4 and such rather smoothly. Video editing capabilities would be nice, but i'm not buying multiple SCSI HDs or anything. I just want to be able to edit like 10 min of video at a time using premiere. Will it run smoothly with this configuration. My budget is about $2000 for the pc.

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peteb   07-09-2001 at 06:58:53 AM
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no-one can truthfully answer that until the systems are available I'm afraid. It looks like it should be good on paper, but then so do many things.

Bear in mind the nForce chipset is aimed at a budget integrated market. If it happens to beat other boards out there (you could also think SiS735 as well) then wonderful.

Right now - you are about 3 months before seeing your completed shopping list in the stores - and probably 6 months before BIOS releases and whatnot return an end-game verdict on what is good or not...

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Stick_e_Mouse   07-09-2001 at 08:02:33 AM
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If your gonna be running all that (simultaneously or not), I think a Pentium 4 would be a better choice for you.

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dhlucke   07-09-2001 at 08:52:23 AM
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i'm not in a huge hurry to upgrade



Ask again during the holidays. You're too early. There is tons of new hardware coming out that should meet your needs, but we aren't sure which yet.

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girish   07-09-2001 at 09:07:45 AM
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specs are great, just see some reviews of the nForce before you buy it.
available docs say its a great chipset, but i'd suggest you to a wait for thorough reviews and let the chipset mature.

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peteb   07-09-2001 at 09:33:15 AM
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how do you figure that?

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dhlucke   07-09-2001 at 09:49:28 AM
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He's going to be running FPU intensive applications. The P4 isn't suitable. I say wait and see what happens...

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tibou   07-09-2001 at 07:57:55 PM
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From what you guys know right now, does the SiS735 beat the nforce in the benchmarks? What is their approx. retail price gonna be (close to Ali or Via right now?)? One last question, how would the current hardware work with maya and premiere.
Ex: 1.4Gz t-bird 266fsb, asus K7A MB, 256-512 mb ddr ram, ibm 75GB HD, firewire, ect..

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FatBurger   07-09-2001 at 10:19:48 PM
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The SiS 735 and nForce are still basically a mystery, since they've got a decent amount of time before release.

Price is SUPPOSEDLY the same as a comparable Via/Ali/AMD chipset MB.

Your motherboard should work pretty decently. I'll find out myself when I get a copy of Maya (in about a week).

My rig:
Abit KT7a-RAID
1.2/266T-bird, currently at 1.33/266
512 meg of PC133
etc.
etc.


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Anonymous   07-09-2001 at 10:54:47 PM
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doesnt maya and st.max need a GOOD videocard?

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FatBurger   07-10-2001 at 12:36:13 AM
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Of course. But a comfortable chair is just as good, so long as you don't mind waiting.

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