This subject has popped up in numerous threads, on many occasion. Broke-folk wanna know how much computing power they need to edit DSLR. Finally, I can report on what is needed as a minimum.
Prior to my recent RAM upgrade, when I edited DSLR footage, it would only play smoothly for a few seconds, then it got choppy -- really choppy. I actually edited my entire feature this way, and surprisingly, I didn't find it all that difficult, since I typically edit dialog first (and audio runs smoothly), and then all cuts are done on a precice frame-by-frame basis. Anyway, the choppiness was nevertheless rather annoying.
All I needed was a little more RAM. With this upgrade, the choppiness is (almost) completely gone. It's still there a tiny bit, but barely at all, and only occasionally. Anyway, here's what I've got running (without using neoscene):
-Premiere CS5
-Windows 7 64-bit
-Athlon dual-core 3.1GB
-inexpensive video card (I don't even know what kind, but it's name-brand, and the bare minimum for Windows 7 64-bit)
-8GB RAM (previously 4GB)
Prior to my recent RAM upgrade, when I edited DSLR footage, it would only play smoothly for a few seconds, then it got choppy -- really choppy. I actually edited my entire feature this way, and surprisingly, I didn't find it all that difficult, since I typically edit dialog first (and audio runs smoothly), and then all cuts are done on a precice frame-by-frame basis. Anyway, the choppiness was nevertheless rather annoying.
All I needed was a little more RAM. With this upgrade, the choppiness is (almost) completely gone. It's still there a tiny bit, but barely at all, and only occasionally. Anyway, here's what I've got running (without using neoscene):
-Premiere CS5
-Windows 7 64-bit
-Athlon dual-core 3.1GB
-inexpensive video card (I don't even know what kind, but it's name-brand, and the bare minimum for Windows 7 64-bit)
-8GB RAM (previously 4GB)