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Thoran · 05-07-2003, 05:22 PM

I've not heard great things about IDE raid solutions performance wise, IMO unless you can find a good benchmark of the boards of interest (check the hardware sites) IMO I wouldn't even worry about IDE raid... just get a good fast BIG drive and backup regularly.

I'm assuming since you're buying Athlon that your price sensitive (like the rest of us), so put your cash where it will do the most good... get at least a gig of memory, good hdd, and good editing software/hw. I'm going to guess you're going DV... so make sure your setup can deal with the DV's fixed readout over firewire (a couple meg a second if memory serves), otherwise you'll drop frames. If you're going analog don't skimp on the capture card and don't assume you can use the Radeon's capability unless you're just doing this for fun. I have yet to see a "built in" capture ability on a video card that was good for anything but goofing around, although perhaps the Radeon is different (something to check into).

05-07-2003, 05:22 PM	#4
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 57 Posts: 2,109	I've not heard great things about IDE raid solutions performance wise, IMO unless you can find a good benchmark of the boards of interest (check the hardware sites) IMO I wouldn't even worry about IDE raid... just get a good fast BIG drive and backup regularly. I'm assuming since you're buying Athlon that your price sensitive (like the rest of us), so put your cash where it will do the most good... get at least a gig of memory, good hdd, and good editing software/hw. I'm going to guess you're going DV... so make sure your setup can deal with the DV's fixed readout over firewire (a couple meg a second if memory serves), otherwise you'll drop frames. If you're going analog don't skimp on the capture card and don't assume you can use the Radeon's capability unless you're just doing this for fun. I have yet to see a "built in" capture ability on a video card that was good for anything but goofing around, although perhaps the Radeon is different (something to check into).