I think you will find that the P4 3 with HT will work best for this job as
long as that board is stable. I have had this setup with a Intel board and
it worked great for video editing. The 9600 AIW will do on the fly DVD but
I don't think you need that kind of video quality so you may want to reduce it.
Of course I prefer Asus over Abit but as long as the Abit board is solid
.. But don't get a Prescott ...they run too hot.
At 03:40 PM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
I'm in the process of building my girlfriend a computer on a budget. She
plans on recording interviews with patients using a miniDV camcorder and
using the footage to make instructional DVDs and powerpoint presentations.
Now, I have an Asus A7N8X with a 2.2Ghz Athlon XP (3200+) on hand. I also
have an Abit IS7-V motherboard. It is currently running a Celeron, but I
will likely upgrade it to a P4 2.8 or 3 Ghz chip. My question is which
platform would be best for this task? Whichever board I choose, it will have
1GB of RAM and an ATI AIW 9600 vid card. So it basically comes down to Intel
or AMD for this computer. Thanks.
