Hello:
This is my first post on this forum so I hope all goes well.
I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop computer with an i7 processor. The processor speed is 1.6 GHZ. The RAM it has is 4 GB. Anyway, the system works super for HD editing, and I was surprised since the processor speed is only 1.6 GHZ. I am also using Winsdows 7, with 64 bit processing.
The other day, I upgraded my Dell XPS 400 computer from 1 GB or 4 GB, thinking that it would be a great desktop for HD editing. To my dismay, it's not turning out very well. The system seem to be taxed at nearly 100% anytime I view it in the Task Manager, indicating that there is someting hung up. My Dell XPS 400 has a Pentium 4 processor, but it's single core, not dual. It has a processor speed of 3.2 GHZ, which to me, seems somewhat normal for doing HD editing. The computer is over 5 years old, but processor speeds have stayed relatively around the 3 GHZ number it seems. Also, I did a lot of disk cleanup and registry cleanup, but the system seems to be still bogged down when I try to view or edit HD video. This is crazy. I mean 100% of the CPU is being used according to the Task Manager.
Ok, is there any way to edit HD video from a processor like the single core Pentium 4? If I am wasting my time, I want to know now. I am using Windows XP, 32-bit with Service Pack 3. I don't think that makes much of a difference. I am beginning to think that the processor speed is more important than RAM. My Toshiba i7 is super fast, even with the 1.6 GHZ processor. I am amazed at quad core technology if that's what's making my editing process so fast (and it's all on a laptop).
I greatly look forward to hearing from anyone on the forum. Thank you.
Steve