AMD has always had an advantage in video editing compared to Intel for
starters. As for dual-core, single, dual proc, that really depends on
how you use your machine. If you plan on editing some video while you
edit some graphics in photoshop this is where the dual-core will
really shine. It essentially is 2 CPU's in one so it basically can
run two apps at full speed. The same is said about Intel's
"Hyper-Threading" which showed a great increase in multi-tasking
performance. Single core provides the most single application
performance, dual-core is better for multitasking. Getting more
performance out of a single app with a dual-core is entirely dependant
on whether or not the application is designed for multi-threaded
processors, very few are yet. You'll be pleased to know both Premier
and Photoshop are multi-threaded so you can take full advantage of
this from Intel's hyper-threading OR a dual core. To answer your
64bit question, that's hard to say. 64bit looks very promising but
here we sit waiting for our favorite applications to be recompiled to
take advantage of the 64-bit platform. Slowly but surely it seems,
more slowly than surely.
Again AMD has consistantly outscored Intel in the video department
for years, literally. Concider that with a dual core setup with your
multi-threaded applications you use it sure sounds like a winner to
me. Certainly won't be hard to outscore your old 2.2Ghz in that
department even on a lowly budget. But, don't forget at the heart of
every system is the motherboard so we don't want that Porsche
powerplant inside a Gremlin. I typically lean toward nVidia's nForce
chipset motherboards, simply because they are fast, full of features,
and supported by both Intel and AMD, you can't go wrong. To find such
hardware you might try www.pricewatch.com, as there are many retailers
who offer "custom barebone" rigs to suit your exact needs and each
retailer is even rated by it's consumers via feedback so you can weed
out the bad seeds and feel confidant in your purchase. Also it's nice
to compare because everything is right there in front of you including
prices as you'll see.
I hope this helps you build your ultimate rig at the right price, I
think it will ;) Oh a couple more things on the 64bit question,
always keep in mind it never hurts to "future-proof" your system.
SuSe and RedHat have gone 64bit now, and if you intend to ever run
more than 4GB of system memory, a 32-bit CPU won't work out as it can
only address 4GB of memory between the operating system and it's
applications. Things to keep in mind... |
