how long can I save if I upgrade my Duron 1000 to 1800xp ?

[kanata]

My current hardware:

1G Duron
512 DDR RAM
80G 7200rpm HD.

a 1 hour 30minutes avi high quality DV to 420x420 mpeg2 SVCD converting by TMPGeng usually takes 5 hours.

TMPGeng setting: 2-pass vbr, normal-quality of motion-searching

I'm considerding to upgrade to 1800XP+ or 1900XP + but wonder how much time I can save.

what type of processor are you guys/girls using and how long will it take typically?

thanks

[bugster]

a 1 hour 30minutes avi high quality DV to 420x420 mpeg2 SVCD converting by TMPGeng usually takes 5 hours.

from Duron 1Gig to XP1800+, I would expect this time to come down to about 1/2, i.e 2.5 hours, all other things being equal. If you also go for DDR memory and faster HD you can reduce that a bit more but getting the time down to 2 hours would be pushing it.

Just my opinion, feel free to argue!