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In order to help you decide what system is best for you with consideration to workflow and budget we developed a series of Video Editing benchmarks and tested various platforms, Software and codecs.
While a handy tool its not a replacement for a conversation with on of our systems engineers. We still prefer you call and talk with us to be sure you are matching workflow and budget.

Premiere Pro CS5 Testing
980X at 3.33GHz/4GHz 6 core,
12GB Mushkin Redline DDR3 at 1600 CL 6
Dual Xeon 5660 2.8GHz 12 core
24Gig DDR3 1333 @ 1066
Intel SAS 600 Controller
4 WD 1Tb Sata 64 Meg Cache 600 Drives in 2 Raid 0 arrays

Video material - AVCHD 1080P 24 Frame Each Cut to 30 minutes of material
Export Codec - H264 HDTV 1080P 24 Preset Default
4 Effects per Layer - Fast Color Corrector, Brightness & Contrast, Video Limiter, Sharpen
Each Layer Scaled to 50% for 4 frame PinP view.

* When using the 285GTX it is limited to 3 layers for Preview, when you add the forth layer you may have to render first for smooth preview.

MPE engine enabled vs software only (non-supported video card) time was 2 hours 10 minutes for 4 layer with the 980X @ 3.33GHz.




Red R3D material/ CS5
980X at 3.33GHz/4.0GHz
12GB Redline at 1600 CL 6
Dual Xeon 5660 2.8GHz 12 core
24Gig DDR3 1333 @ 1066
Intel SAS 600 Controller
4 WD 1Tb Sata 64 Meg Cache 600 Drives in 2 Raid 0 arrays

Video material - Red R3D 4K 24P 30 seconds long for each layer
Export Codec - DPX 4096 x 2048 24P Full Range (Max Bit Depth)
4 Effects per Layer - Fast Color Corrector, Brightness & Contrast, Video Limiter, Sharpen Each Layer Scaled to 50% for 4 frame PinP view.

*When using the 285GTX it is limited to 3 layers for Preview, when you add the forth layer you may have to render first for smooth preview.