How to tweak my athlon 64 3000+ AGP box to use Sony Vegas
September 26, 2007 4:52 PM Subscribe
(PC)VideoEditingProFilter: I want to make Sony Vegas do what it totally seems capable of besides cutting & pasting video - fx, etc, sweet stuff - do I need a new system? (I know, I know... but if you know the ins and outs of setting up a Vegas PC box, from the info I provide you'll easily tell if its no good, I suspect, for what I want to do). Details after the jump...
Yes. I want to use Sony Vegas to make the coolest videos I can (with Vegas, I understand it may have limitations...), but really, nothing longer than 4 minutes. Only music videos, you see. I have tried Premiere and it was much more difficult for me, and don't have the option of buying a Mac at this time due to cost reasons. I have many years of just audio DAW experience, including (unfortunately) building the damn boxes, but not much video experience.
I currently own an AMD64 3000+ w/ 2 gb ram, a variety of hard disks varying in quality for use up to a pair of maxtor7200rpm Sata150 drives, and no matter what AGP card i stick in there (even the stupid expensive ones that are left), how much I tweak XP or overclock the thing a few notches (haven't gone higher than around 12% or so using the Gigabyte mb overclocking utility) it doesn't help the super-lag that occurs even though my video work of choice is barely up to 30 seconds. Of course the stuff works pretty ok if all there is is cut&paste edits, but that's no fun.
I have come to the conclusion that I should just give up and scrounge pennies to afford a cheap core 2 duo system with a pciExpress video card in there. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much mefites!
p.s. I don't suppose Windows XP 64 bit would help with this either.....
Yes. I want to use Sony Vegas to make the coolest videos I can (with Vegas, I understand it may have limitations...), but really, nothing longer than 4 minutes. Only music videos, you see. I have tried Premiere and it was much more difficult for me, and don't have the option of buying a Mac at this time due to cost reasons. I have many years of just audio DAW experience, including (unfortunately) building the damn boxes, but not much video experience.
I currently own an AMD64 3000+ w/ 2 gb ram, a variety of hard disks varying in quality for use up to a pair of maxtor7200rpm Sata150 drives, and no matter what AGP card i stick in there (even the stupid expensive ones that are left), how much I tweak XP or overclock the thing a few notches (haven't gone higher than around 12% or so using the Gigabyte mb overclocking utility) it doesn't help the super-lag that occurs even though my video work of choice is barely up to 30 seconds. Of course the stuff works pretty ok if all there is is cut&paste edits, but that's no fun.
I have come to the conclusion that I should just give up and scrounge pennies to afford a cheap core 2 duo system with a pciExpress video card in there. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much mefites!
p.s. I don't suppose Windows XP 64 bit would help with this either.....
Response by poster: Hmmm.... I guess I could render each and every time I altered the thing... but I'm pretty sure that would take waaaaay more time than I'd like to spend. Which is not to say that isn't a good suggestion.
But I'm just saying that it seems crazy that I can't do the stuff I want with the gear I currently have.... i have got the window for watching the playback pretty darn small, and on a pretty crappy quality as well.
I still suspect I will need better gear. Is there anybody out there who does use Vegas who might have a ballpark idea? Thanks again, folks, I really appreciate it.
posted by bitterkitten at 3:27 PM on September 27, 2007
But I'm just saying that it seems crazy that I can't do the stuff I want with the gear I currently have.... i have got the window for watching the playback pretty darn small, and on a pretty crappy quality as well.
I still suspect I will need better gear. Is there anybody out there who does use Vegas who might have a ballpark idea? Thanks again, folks, I really appreciate it.
posted by bitterkitten at 3:27 PM on September 27, 2007
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posted by trinity8-director at 5:10 PM on September 26, 2007