Processor Speed and Type?

[jturn12]

What speed and brand of processor would you guys recommend for use with the DVD2SVCD program? I currently have an Intel Celeron 400mhz, I believe. 256mb of ram. I tried to encode a movie, but it is extremely slooow!!! What would you guys recommend?

Thanks
Jason

[rsuave5]

2.0 ghz intel or equal amd and 512 ram seem to provide me with quick encodes and quality rips,

if i could id go 2.8 ghz and a full gig of ram

[jturn12]

Thanks rsuave5 for the reply.

How long does it normally take you to rip, encode and burn a full length DVD, with the computer you have?

[crahak]

512 megs of ram won't speed up the encode, it's CPU power. You want something fast... and let's not start the intel-amd war thing again please.

[mrj03]

512 megs of ram won't speed up the encode, it's CPU power. You want something fast... and let's not start the intel-amd war thing again please.

I've successfully ripped appox. 50 movies with DVD2SVCD and I'm running a AMD 1700+ / 256 DDR Ram and my total time is approx. 3hrs if I use CBR and 6 hrs if I use VBR-4. Hope that gives you an idea.....Take care....

[abe1975]

I have an AMD XP 1800 (1.5 Gigahertz) and 128 DDR RAM
it takes me just under an hour to encode a 1 gigabyte VOB file to a good quality 1-Pass Divx file. Dont even attempt to encode unless you have at least 1 gigahertz of cpu power; regardless of whether its Intel or AMD.

[Treebeard]

i would recommend getting at least 2.4ghz , this will be more than enough power and if you search www.pricewatch.com you can find some good deals on desktops. should be able to find one for under $550 easily