processor speed and CCE\DVD-RB

[tsantsa]

Ok, I have an AMD 1800+ and was wanting to upgrade to a 3000+ barton (333 fsb). As a matter of routine, I make my backups using the DVD-RB tool and CCE 2.5. I usually do 5 passes. This usually takes about 10 hours to complete more or less.

My question is: How much better time will I make during my reencodes by upgrading to the higher speed processor? I have 512 MB ram but have heard that upgrading this really doesnt help with encoding, that it is all processor based.

[twodogs]

refer here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030210/barton-16.html

RAM will have negligible difference. CPU does all the work.

[pchan]

Higher CPU clock speed and FSB will definitely speed up encoding. Intel based system with higher cpu clock speed and fsb has an advantage. I am not trying to start a "AMD vs Intel" dabate here !

[Gurm]

Intel ALWAYS has the edge on ultra-repetetive tasks like video compression. Their architecture is just better suited for that. It's also twice (or three time) as much money, so...

[tsantsa]

Thanks for the help and the link, its quite informative.