Upgrade suggestions?

[clacker]

I want to upgrade my P2-350 to a faster processor mainly for encoding video. I have 320 mb. of pc-100 ram. If I go to say and AMD processor and new mainboard, will this ram work or do I need to get 133?
Let's hear some suggestions on the way to go on this.
I'm tired of 12-25 hrs. converting with TMPGe.
Thanks.

[alucard2050]

i have an amd 900 with 256megs of pc100 ram. i don't have any problems but it still takes me a long time to encode a 1.5hr movie(depending on my specs for the encode). some people on here have over 1500 megs so i'm sure that their encodes fly by in no time.......

[sommersby]

anything over 256mb does not make that big a difference, I went from 256 to 512 of ddr and endode time decreased maybe 5%.

[nfl2k2]

I went from 128mb to 640mb RAM and noticed little diff.

[loudanddeep]

Well, if you want to decrease your encoding time, and spend the least amount of money I would upgrade....

YOUR CAPTURE CARD!

Get a card that does real time MPG capture.
Unless you are real video purist, some of the new ones will be just fine.

That way you dont have to convert.

I would reccomend the PV256t, or the INstant DVD usb.

there you go...

dp

[tinycorkscrew]

What everyone has said heretofore is pretty accurate. Raw processing power is by far the biggest factor in conversion speed.

[alexb]

If u upgrade to AMD XP1600+ with PC100 RAM u can get it running to max of 1050Mhz instead of 1400.(that would be waste of money)

Go for 1.2Ghz AMD or buy some PC133 RAM.

I upg. my PC for the same purpose (DVD ripping)
I bought XP1600+ and cheap PC266 Pcchips Mainboard(810LMR).
Very happy.