I am just starting to get into video editing. I have Premiere Pro CS4 and I need to build a system which will have two purposes:
1: Software development, my main profession right now
2: Explorer the world of video editing.
Right now I am working in SD but I would like to move to HD by the end of next year. I like to purchase my hardware from a local wholesaler, Winotek (www.winotek.com). They have decent prices and when there are problems I can deal with local support.
Here is the system I am looking to configure:
http://www.winotek.com/customkititems.asp?cc=226&IC=P-CQ94
I am going to go with the CORE 2 QC Q9550 2.86 and upgrade later, 4G RAM and 3 HDs. It is my understanding that Premiere Pro CS4 will leverage the hardware in some video cards, but I don’t what exactly to look for in hardware specs. What exactly am I looking for in a video card, from the tech prospective? Can someone point me to some Adobe documentation that talks about this?
Below are the list of choices I have from Winotek, do any of the more expensive cards have anything to offer video editing? When I start to get into HD editing, I would ideally like to move to something like the Matron RT.X2 or something. My objective right now is to keep the system’s price down around $1200 today, unless an investment of $50~$123 is going to make a real difference in editing SD video.
My options are:
XFX GF 8600GT PCIE DVI 512M HDTVO
MSI GF 8400GS 256M PCIE DH
PNY Geforce 8800GT PCIE 512M 2DVI HDTVO [add 57.00]
Diamond Radeon 4850 512MB PCIE 2DVI [add 123.00]
PNY 9800GT 1GB DDR3 PCIE X16 HDMI [add 83.00]
Also, I am currently using 32-bit XP and both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista right now on multiple other machines. I would like to put 64-bit Vista on this new machine, would this be a mistake for video editing? If so, should I go with 64-bit or 32-bit XP?
Sam
