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    Few Questions For You Guys about Cores, RAM, Etc.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by aDi21cArDs1, Apr 22, 2012.

  1. aDi21cArDs1

    aDi21cArDs1 Newbie

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    Hey guys I gotta youtube channel where I upload madden/ncaa gameplay.
    I use a hauppauge HDPVR 1212 to record in AVCHD format 1920x1080 13.5 mbps
    The current laptop I have is a Toshiba l505-s5990. It has 3gb ram 320 gb hd and a Intel Core 2 Duo t6500 processor, Win7 32bit

    It takes me around one hour to render a 10 minute video in 720p
    It takes me around 2 hours to render a 10 minute video in 1080p

    My questions are as following... What should I do?

    Will a quad core laptop be faster then this one that I have?
    Processors? Is my processor good or is it crap? I dont know much about processors.

    My other options for laptops are:

    HP Pavilion dv5-1250us
    2.1 GHz AMD Turion X2 ZM-80 dual-core Processor
    8 GB RAM
    380 GB hard drive, LightScribe dual-layer DVD drive
    Windows Vista Home Premium with SP2 (64-bit version)
    ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics (up to 2302 MB total)

    HP Pavilion g7-1355dx

    Specs on this:

    HP Pavilion g7-1355dx Notebook PC Product Specifications - HP Customer Care (United States - English)
     
    aDi21cArDs1, Apr 22, 2012
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    The CPU in the HP g7 would render a bit faster than your current one. Do you currently own or have access to that computer? What software do you use for rendering?
     
    namaiki, Apr 23, 2012
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  3. aDi21cArDs1

    aDi21cArDs1 Newbie

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    I use sony vegas movie studio hd. Pretty much sony vegas 11
     
    aDi21cArDs1, Apr 23, 2012
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