Compgeke
Veteran Member
As I recently got a Pinnacle FX500, I'm trying to determine what would have been a top of the line system for Late 2001\Early 2002 to install it in, to show my Digital Media class how video editing has changed from needing special hardware that cost over $500 to being able to edit video with Premiere CS5 on the school's Core 2 Quads.
Right now I'm thinking that a REALLY high end system would have Xeons and a U320 RAID setup, but a more average high end would be something like a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood Core, 512 MB to 1 GB ram, a Matrox G550 or similar as it supported Dual Monitors out-of-box, and was cheaper than the GeForce 3 series (not gaming anyways). Hard Drives could be simple with something like ATA133 drives, maybe a RAID controller but as long as there are separate drives for OS and Video, it should be good.
Anyways the basic information I'm looking for is what would be a fast processor, a good video card (high res dual monitor output) and most ram findable for the time.
Right now I'm thinking that a REALLY high end system would have Xeons and a U320 RAID setup, but a more average high end would be something like a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 Northwood Core, 512 MB to 1 GB ram, a Matrox G550 or similar as it supported Dual Monitors out-of-box, and was cheaper than the GeForce 3 series (not gaming anyways). Hard Drives could be simple with something like ATA133 drives, maybe a RAID controller but as long as there are separate drives for OS and Video, it should be good.
Anyways the basic information I'm looking for is what would be a fast processor, a good video card (high res dual monitor output) and most ram findable for the time.