Computer for PD10

kcroes

Newbie Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Nov 13, 2011 13:41 Messages: 5 Offline

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Dec 05, 2011 16:45

Would the following Dell handle PD 10?
Intel® Core™ i3-2120 processor(3MB Cache, 3.30GHz)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
Memory3 4GB3 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
Hard Drive 500GB4 SATA hard drive (7200RPM)
Video Card Intel® HD Graphics

JoeVideo

Newbie Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Joined: Nov 27, 2011 16:08 Messages: 31 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 16:59

I would say, it is satisfactory. I have one similar, with a slower CPU, and it works ok JoeVideo
H Envy 17.3" Notebook Touchsmart M7-J020dx
4th generation Intel (R) i7 4700MQ @2.4GHz
1TBl HD Toshiba MQ1ABD100
DVD optical Drive, RAM 8
gb
Display Adapter Intel (R) HD graphics 4600
64bit operation system, Windows 8.1

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 17:02

Hi,
I would say just for standard DVD format and then with little effects...
Jim Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 18:37

Memory is re3ally inexpensive right now so I would add some to that computer. I would also consider installing a real video card. What you have may be enough to do some things but that is probably not what you want.

I have a good video card and I'm still having to work with software "encoding" to prevent crashes. .
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 19:37

Hi kcroes -

Is this a PC you already own or are you thinking about it?

Personally, I think it's going to struggle doing much more than basic editing with SD video, especially if this is the graphics processor... http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Intel+HD+i3-2120

PD10 has the ability to fall over on my PC - and has done! Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz - 8GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 260

Cheers - Tony
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FredB

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 15, 2008 21:14 Messages: 1317 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 22:49

This machine will struggle with PD10. It is a laptop, correct? Shared video memory will cause slowdowns.
Only 4GB of RAM is too low.
A model# would help us, too???

nayan007

Member Joined: Dec 05, 2011 22:50 Messages: 52 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 23:00

Dell handle PD 10 will work !! Love Cyber-Link !!

FredB

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 15, 2008 21:14 Messages: 1317 Offline

Dec 05, 2011 23:05

Nayan007;
"Works for me" is an often heard phrase here.

Our cautions to kcroes are based on many experiences for many users, with many machines. So..kcroes..be cautious I would suggest.

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 06, 2011 03:31

Quote: Dell handle PD 10 will work

Some Dells will... http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/alienware-aurora-r3?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=corp&~ck=mn

Some Dells won't... http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/vostro-260/pd?oc=bvctbpd1&model_id=vostro-260

Mine's a Dell & it sometimes won't!

Cheers - Tony
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CubbyHouseFilms

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline

Dec 06, 2011 05:18

Quote:

Quote: Dell handle PD 10 will work

Some Dells will... http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/alienware-aurora-r3?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=corp&~ck=mn

Some Dells won't... http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/vostro-260/pd?oc=bvctbpd1&model_id=vostro-260

Mine's a Dell & it sometimes won't!

Cheers - Tony

Some Dells need alot of loving and

Some Dells don't

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CoqEoha9Zc

My Dell laptops handle PD8/9 famously.

The specs are on my signature. Happing editing

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Dec 06, 2011 05:28

Woo Hoo -

There's someone else nearly as old as me!!!
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Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 06, 2011 05:42

Hi,
Video editing has always been a resource hungry effort for a desktop PC and laptops. Purchasing an underpowered unit with the expectation of editing full HD will only lead to disappointment.

Regardless of the manufacturers spiel on how great their unit is, please listen to what members are guiding you to and away from.

If I was asked "would I buy this computer for video editing?" My answer would be NO, I'd look for a more powerful unit.

PowerDirector needs the power, HD video needs the power, you need to enjoy video editing.

Dafydd

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Dec 06, 2011 09:21

I want to second that thought about video cards vs video chips and to add a little.

It may be my imagination but Power Director seems to "like" NVidia cards better than ATI cards. I have to use "software rendering" even with my 4850 ATI card with updated drivers. Granted the card is a 2 year old model. .
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