i3 vs i5 vs i7? Or AMD? for editing AVCHD footages

All,
Any recommendation? Why? If go with AMD, what is a good cpu?

Thanks,
Perry

Hi Perry,

Go with the Intel Core i7 and an Nvidia display card to take advantage of the GPU-acceleration of Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, and you will edit AVCHD with ease, plus get very fast exports to various formats including H.264 and DVD.

Adobe-approved GPUs are listed here - http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html

If the budget is tight, you can use other cards not on the list and make them work, see this link:http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

Jeff Pulera

Hi Perry,

Reinstalling software is never is a bad thing, and we do it every year. It's especially important on a PC running editing software where things need to be stable.

While you might be able to take the old drive to the new system, the odds of things working out aren't very good. You can't transfer software without reinstalling.

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco - Bay Area

Tx Vincent for the tips. Yes, I am lazy....