On 01 Sep 2000 14:01:17 GMT, hlpmte@aol.com (Hlpmte) wrote:

> For our new acquisitions, I have a different question in a similar vein.
> Is it worth the huge price premium to go to a PIII 933 or 1ghz or 1133
>compared to say an 800; or are the same or less dollars spent on more RAM, etc.
>a better investment.

In general, no. For editing, you will see a direct correspondence between CPU speed and operations only
in rendering, and the value of the proportional
difference between 800 and 933 (or even 1133) is
marginal, given the cost difference. Put in 256megs
of RAM, spend the extra dollers on more 60-gig HDs
if you want (or, just save the money, replace the
CPU when Celerons are 1gHz and cheap...;-)

>>Subject: PIII 933 vs. Dual PIII550
>>From: "Alberto" Albert@wear.com
>>Date: 9/1/2000 9:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>>Message-id:
>>
>>I have to buy a new PC for NLE and I want to know what config is most
>>efficient: single PIII 933 or Dual PIII 450. In fact I want to know what is
>>better: 1 X MHz or 2 (X/2)MHz...

Depends on whether the application can really use two
CPUs efficiently (or at all - most can't...). Get
a PIII 800 (well under $300 with sink and fan now,
and save your money...;-).