A Few Questions ... Temperature and CPU Questions and speed

[bedroomdjchoice]

I run a 3.4 P4 with HT , 1 gig ddr 400
128 Geforce Fx 5700 LE
160 SATA 7200 rpm
XP SP2

Anyway i was wondering the kind of encoding times and the heat of the cpu etc im currently getting just under realtime encoding with no preview i.e. 2hrs 15 mins for a 2 hr film is this ok for the spec ?


Also my cpu gets to about 55 c is that ok ? or is it running too hot ? my idle is 29

Thanks in advance

[mats.hogberg]

What encoder? On my 3.2, I get 0.4 times real time (40 min for a 1.40 min movie) AVI to DVD mpg single pass VBR with MainConcept. Just under real time seems slow, but depends on encoder and settings very much.

/Mats

[bedroomdjchoice]

sorry forgot to post encoder lol

Im encoding an AVI to DVD in the latest TMPGenc

If i do AVI to SVCD its about 60 mins

[mats.hogberg]

VBR or CBR? What motion search precision?

/Mats

[bedroomdjchoice]

Super Video-CD PAL (MPEG-2 480x576 25fps CBR 2520kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)

thats what im doing at the moment all the rest default settings


Its 28 gone 22 to go

[Bob W]

55c seems a little hot to me. I'm running a P4-2.53Ghz cpu and it runs around 104f or about 40c.

[bedroomdjchoice]

is that under full encoding load ?

[bedroomdjchoice]

ps im encoding at the moment with firefox, outlook and fireworks open with no slowdown

[DennisHagemann]

Pentium processors protect themselves from overheating by simply slowing down. On my computer (2.4 mhz) the temperature sensing software is set to warn me if the temp. reaches 54 degrees. (Which I have never reached). You should be sure your heat sink and fan on the processor are functioning properly. It may be that 3.4 processors can generate that much heat.

[mats.hogberg]

Mine is at 38C 5 mins after 30 min CCE encoding. But I've got a Zalman CNSP7000 CPU fan + 3 case fans too keep it cool and quiet

/Mats

[US Guy]

55c seems a little hot to me. I'm running a P4-2.53Ghz cpu and it runs around 104f or about 40c.

P4 2.53 and the new Prescott with HT CPUs are very different. I have a 3.0 retail using original fan, the temperature ranges from 48c to 55c. Personally, I would not worry about it.