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Asbjeurn Tverberg
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« on: January 05, 2010, 10:39:47 PM +0000 »

Since my racing PC is the most powerful PC i have, I have installed a video editing program on it, to edit videos I've recorded with my Canon HF10. I discovered though that my PC isn't powerful enough to cope with video editing, at least not when I film in AVCHD. Now, it seems like I need at least a 3 GHz CPU (socket AM2) to be able to do such work, but then it seems like the only option is dual core CPU's.

Now I wonder, GPL being such an "ancient" sim, can it fully take advantage of a dual core CPU, or will it only be able to use one of the two cores? I assume that a 3 GHz dual core contains of two processors of 1.5 GHz each, or am I wrong here? If I'm not wrong, installing a 3 GHz dual core CPU then would be a step down from my current 2 GHz CPU for GPL'ing, isn't that right?
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2010, 10:55:01 PM +0000 »

It's not multi-core aware, but if you are going for AVCHD editing, anything Intel Core i5 (or i7 for quad-core) is considered great for GPL, great for video. Intel CPUs are very good on a single core, which is what GPL runs on, and scale well for more cores, which you need for video editing.

What program are you using for your editing BTW? It can make a huge difference just changing the software.

Regards the clock speed, depending how it's sold (I take 3GHz Intel CPUs as the example), it's sold as 3GHz *per core*, not *in total*.
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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2010, 11:06:30 PM +0000 »

My computer runs on AMD socket AM2. I guess I've misunderstood what dual core means. If it's 3 GHz "per core", a dual core CPU will be of great help. Thanks for the help, Jethro! Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2010, 11:10:37 PM +0000 »

No problem. Yes I know your computer runs on an AM2 socket, however AMD have gone down the pan in recent years. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2010, 10:20:06 AM +0000 »

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My computer runs on AMD socket AM2.

so you up to buy a AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 ?

( or is it AM2+ socket ? )

if its older AM2 socket :
could imagine the one with `Windsor `core is the better choice over the `Brisbane `core , if it comes to video editing. Even so the core speed is only 2 x 3.0 GHz  but it  have 2x 1MB Level 2 Cache.
( Brisbane got 2 x 3.1 GHZ  , and only 2x 512 KB Level 2 cache ).

maximum of fast RAM ( amount depends on OS e.c. XP can handle only up to 3GB including the Video RAM afaik  ) and fast HDD could be helpful too , for video editing.

 Roll Eyes my experiences so far : GPL dont benefit of dual ,tripple or quad core
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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2010, 12:50:28 PM +0000 »

For the last 3 years I have been using a Genuine Pentium 4 (R) at 3gHz + 1Meg RAM

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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2010, 12:52:33 PM +0000 »

Roll Eyes my experiences so far : GPL dont benefit of dual ,tripple or quad core
As long as it's not suffering under it, it's OK by me. Wink

It's plain AM2 socket, no plusses or minuses. Smiley Some fellow on another forum suggested going for AM3 socket, and "flash" the BIOS (That was the term he used. Don't know how you do it) to accept AM3. That cost money, he said, so perhaps it means upgrading/buying new BIOS.
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« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2010, 06:57:25 PM +0000 »

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It's plain AM2 socket, no plusses og minuses. Smiley Some fellow on another forum suggested going for AM3 socket, and "flash" the BIOS (That was the term he used. Don't know how you do it) to accept AM3. That cost money, he said, so perhaps it means upgrading/buying new BIOS.

what kind of motherboard and CPU you have ?
well , I am not an expert , but never heard off BIOS upgrades been charged  ..
if so it may be better invest money on a complete modern AM3 motherboard and for e.c. an Phenom X2 550.
( both together  off about 140€ ) serves you newer chipsets on MB like southbridge .
and off course sell the old stuff ...........

 :laugh:never ending story of ùpgrade now or not `  lol..
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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 12:31:48 PM +0000 »

if so it may be better invest money on a complete modern AM3 motherboard and for e.c. an Phenom X2 550.
( both off about 140€ ) serves you newer chipsets on MB like southbridge .
and off course sell the old stuff ...........

 :laugh:never ending story of ùpgrade now or not `  lol..
I've thought about that too, but that may require taking out all the hardware to get it done. Costwise changing CPU and BIOS seems to equal changing the whole thing, except it means less work, but then again, who knows if it will work.

I discovered last night that after the install of the video editing program (ImageMixer, comes with the camera) GPL freezes after a few seconds of driving. I don't know what could cause the problem, but it came to my mind after I shut down the 'puter that there was some monitoring program that ImageMixer ran that may interfere with other programs. The PC also froze when I visited Windows Update. I'll see tonight if the same happens when I turn off that monitoring thing. If so, I'll uninstall the whole ImageMixer program and build another PC to edit my videos on.
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« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 12:43:35 PM +0000 »

I'll uninstall the whole ImageMixer program and build another PC to edit my videos on.

Would it not be easier just to remove the ImageMixer program from Windows Startup and then just fire it up when you need it?
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« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 01:37:47 PM +0000 »

If my test this evening goes well, that'll be the solution, but if the mere presence of the program on the disk makes my dear GPL go bananas, I feel the only solution now is to remove it.
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« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2010, 10:03:09 PM +0000 »

It didn't work out as I hoped. Sad The active program was ImageMixer Camera Monitor. Probably a program that checks if a camera is connected to the computer. I shut down that program, but the problems persisted, even after rebooting the computer, and now it's even worse. The computer blacks out after a few minutes, no matter what activity I perform on it. I can't understand why it happens, and I'm not sure if it's ImageMixer that is the cause of it. With the camera followed a whole packet of software that I installed, and it may be one (or more) of those programs that causes the problems, or it may be something else. It was quite a job to install all the software, so I'm reluctant to uninstall it, in case it won't solve the problem.

The worst thing is that I can't think of any way I can find out what is the cause of the problem. The computer blacks out completely, it won't even respond to the keyboard. That means I have to push the swedebutton (the reset button) to reboot, so I guess there won't be generated any log, or?
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2010, 10:43:08 AM +0000 »

To me (but I'm no expert) that sounds more of a hardware issue.  Firstly I'd make sure everything is connected correctly internally and externally.  All cards and connections are seated properly.  Are the cooling fans working?

Can you boot to safe mode and the PC will stay on normally?
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2010, 01:44:42 PM +0000 »

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The worst thing is that I can't think of any way I can find out what is the cause of the problem.

To check out if the probs have been caused by these Image Mixer software or by one of the software comes with that packages , you have to uninstall all of them proper.
Then check if your PC and especialy GPL do run fine again.
If yes ; install only one new software at a time and test again.
That way should figure out which software creating the probs.

well , if the PC still isnt working after uinstall of ImageMixer & co software , try to repair your OS via Windows CD.

good luck
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« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2010, 02:20:26 PM +0000 »

Maybe system restore is worth a try? Use a restore point before you installed the batch of software.
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