Have Intel e7200 w/ 4gb ram on Vista ultimate 32bit, go quad core?

[teaberry]

I'm on a budget and my system currently is as below:

Intel C2D e7200, 4gb PC6400 Corsair RAM, Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H.
Its a micro ATX case with 420W PSU.

I recently started doing a LOT more video encoding, mainly from HD-DVD evo files to blu-ray format and a typical 720p w/ DD 5.1 will take about 8~9 hours to encode with RipBot264 and 1080p will take about 12~13hrs. I see in perfmon that CPU is pegged at 100% and Ram about 1.9gb (Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit with little to nothing running in background except Symantec AV). If I upgrade to a Core 2 Quad like a Q8300 or 8500, will i see significant difference in encoding time (like 30% or more drop?) without changing any other components? Appreciate any info and suggestion.

[cadaveca]

Depends on the software, but yes, encode times should drop.

[teaberry]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

Depends on the software, but yes, encode times should drop.

The software is RipBot264 which i think is mostly a front-end app for AVIsynth and various DEMUXERs. I KNOW the time will drop, but I'm looking for a little more specific info than that.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by teaberry

The software is RipBot264 which i think is mostly a front-end app for AVIsynth and various DEMUXERs. I KNOW the time will drop, but I'm looking for a little more specific info than that.

Unless someone else uses it I'm probably going to bet that its not optimized for multiple cores and your times will drop slightly but not a whole lot but upgrading.

While a cpu CAN help.. unless that specific program is written to take advantage of multicores, you'll find little benefit usually.

[cadaveca]

heheh. FOr specific answers, you need specific questions!!!

q6600 @ 2.4ghz encodes 2hrs of 720x360, dual video stream, single audio, in 15 minutes, using Sony Vegas.

PLus, it matters if streaming file from disc to encode(disc-player read speed limitations), or from HDD....etc,etc,etc...

I don't havea quad onhand myself, but maybe you could find a file we can download, to encode, and another member wit ha quad will do teh same file, and give you an answer?

[JD]

Here you go, my PC specs are in my sig. Also running Windows 7 x64 Build 7077.

Clearly its multi-threaded so yes a quad-core will help. Though clock speed will also play a large factor. Took 4m11s to complete.

[cadaveca]

So there you go. I know that that clip is widely available, so give it a go, and you'll have your answer!

Thank's JD, I assume when you did that, system was at the clockspeeds in your sig?

[sswilson]

Make sure you report back to let the rest of us know.... :)

[JD]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

So there you go. I know that that clip is widely available, so give it a go, and you'll have your answer!

Thank's JD, I assume when you did that, system was at the clockspeeds in your sig?

Yup, haven't ran anything but 3.4GHz for quite some time.

I also have 12MB L2 cache which those Q8xxx chips lack. Not sure if that would effect encoding times drastically though.

[teaberry]

Wow thanks JD, that's exactly what I'm looking for except I'm not planning to spend that much money on a processor yet

Also, I can only find a torrent of the same file so going to dl it (will take a few hours) and try it on my C2D e7200 and will report back. FYI, I'm running a Seagate HDD, cant remember the model but its 7200rpm SATA 16mb cache 3gb/sec

Originally Posted by jdrom17

Here you go, my PC specs are in my sig. Also running Windows 7 x64 Build 7077.

Clearly its multi-threaded so yes a quad-core will help. Though clock speed will also play a large factor. Took 4m11s to complete.