Render Speed Comparisons: Pentium vs. Athlon

[Jerry Jones]

Render speed chart is growing and revealing some interesting trends!

http://www.hyperactivemusic.com/MS%20Pro%206.0.htm

What strikes me is how much more efficient the Athlon is when it comes to MPEG encoding.

It's incredible.

Jerry

[KuroNeko]

I don't use Premiere or MS, so I'm a bit in the dark on the exact test procedures.

Which MPEG encoder is used? It will greatly depend on the software. Cfr Tom's test on dual Athlons systems. A P4 beat a dual Athlon, when using software that was specifically P4 optimised.

I'm particularly interested in P4-Athlon comparisons for Tmpeg and Cinemacraft SP (especially the latter, still haven't seen a coder that delivers better quality)

Neko

[dZeus]

the problem with CinemaCraft is that the SP version isn't multithreaded, but the more expensive version of CinemaCraft is... I wouldn't be surprised if the 'highend' version had better SSE/SSE2/3DNow! implementations as well... but that version is almost unpayable for individuals.

[Dr Mordrid]

For the purposes of the Premiere6 vs. MSPro 6.0/6.5 test the Ligos MPEG plugin is used in Premiere and the built-in Ligos encoder is used in MSPro 6.5. This is because both of these use the Ligos Go-Motion engine, which makes the test even. Both are encoding to the DVD, 5500 kbps & CBR.

CBR is used because MSPro 6.0 cannot use VBR due to bugs in its version of the Ligos encoder. Thank you Ligos

Dr. Mordrid

[KuroNeko]

Where did you hear Cinemacraft SP doesn't support dual processors? The Cinemacraft webpage advises duals for better performance.

Are you perhaps mixing up with the Lite version ($300 or so, while SP is $2000)?

Neko

[Dr Mordrid]

CinemaCraft states this for all their products;

"High speed encoding can be assured by using microprocessors that incorporate Intel's MMX and SSE, or AMD's Enhanced 3D Now! technologies. A computer that has dual Pentium III microprocessors, of at least 800 MHz, is recommended for real-time encoding of Full D-1*.

Shown below are system requirements for the entire Cinema Craft Encoder product line.

* CCE-Pro supports real-time encoding of Full D-1."

Now....does that mean that only CCE-Pro supports dualies or that only it supports full frame with dual support?

Bad wording.....

Dr. Mordrid

[dZeus]

the product specifications page clearly states that CCE-Pro supports Dual CPUs, while that doesn't show up in the SP version, so I am quite certain that the SP version isn't multithreaded.

CCE-SP:

http://www.cinemacraft.com/eng/ccesp.html

CCE Pro:

http://www.cinemacraft.com/eng/ccepro.html

look in the 'hardware' section of the second link

If you think that USD 2000 for the SP version is expensive, then I guess you'll drop your jaw when you'll see the price of the Pro version.

[KuroNeko]

not convinced yet

have to try it. I don't recall where, but I am certain someone told me CCE SP works very well on dual machines, in multithreaded mode.

Neko