Re: computer specs for video editing

If I read your specs correctly, you are only planning on 1 GB of RAM? I have 2 GB of RAM in my Vista machine, and when doing video editing, I find the RAM usage to be over 50%. So I would suggest definitely 2 GB of RAM.

"Andy" <woof@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fi665d$4kg$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am looking at buy a new computer on which I want to do video editing.

I have a quote for the following from a local computer store.

Intel E6550 Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz,

MSI G33M-FI Motherboard with Firewire,

1024MB DDR2-667MHz Memory,

2 x 250GB SATA II HDD

512MB NX8500GT-TD512E PCI-Express Graphics Card.



Should this be adequate for my needs, or do I upgrade to a faster machine?

I read an article in a recent computer magazine (PC User) which suggested not buying a quad core PC as "few applications support these chips".



TIA

Andy



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