I am getting ready to build this years video editing system for the high school football team I volunteer filming for and am considering using Vista 64bit as the O/S.

 
System will have a Intel DP35DPM motherboard, Q6600 processor, 4gb DDR2 6400, 1 Raptor 150 hd for O/S and Rendering, 750gb SATA for storage, ATI 2600 HD w/512mb ram and will use the onboard sound in an Antec 900 case. Processor will be cooled by a Zalman 9700 and Video card by a Zalman VF1000. I know the video card is a bit antiquated, but it is a proven performer for AVCHD editing which is what I will be doing.

Another question, after the games, I need to get all of the AVCHD video converted to SD ASAP. We are talking upwards of 250 10-18 sec clips between 2 diferent video cameras. I use S11 for editing the videos for the coaches reviews such ad keeying in on a particular player or a perticular series of plays, but I need something that is speedier converting to SD that S11 is. Is NERO fairly fast at performing this function? I have read on here that serveral people have recommended it to use for just that.

 
Any input is appreciated...
 

 

 

Reports on this forum indicate 2600HD to be troublesome. Transitions that don't render seems the most common problem. It's a DX10 card, and the first major bug complaint from S12 is with. However, if you already own the card and haven't had issues, ignore this warning!

There mixed reviews of the HD2600 Pro an HD. I owned this video card for my personal system which was also running Vista 32bit and S11 but did not have any issues as I stayed with the stock Video driver that came with the card itself. If you are not having any problems like mentioned above then you may have updated passed that issue.