Recommend a quicker programme than Nero Vision 8

Oneday77

BOBS wrote: »

Oneday77 ... I have windows XP but here is what came up at run.
operating system - microsoft widows XP home edition
System manufacturer - P4M80P
Processor - Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.33GHz
Memory - 478 MB RAM
DirectX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Page File - 416MB used 703 available.

What info do you need off 2nd tab - it shows Direct X files but wont let me copy and paste them ??

Looking at the specs. You Graphics is using abi=oit 32MB of RAM so not an issue. However the processor is not very well suited to media tasks, celeron processors are purely low end products. Also as Alien' said the memory is pretty low. Memory is an internal component and is very easily installed. If you go to Crucial.com and use the memory advisor tool it will give you an idea as to what you need and price.
What I would say is are you likely to be doing a lot of media intensive tasks? If so a new PC will be better in the long run, upgrades will only help to a certain extent. You could be lucky and you PC will upgrade to a newer Core 2 or Pentium Dual Core but it may not combined with more memory will help.
I know this site is all about saving money but if your time is cheap then go with the waiting, if not then you'll need to spend some cash.

BOBS

Thanks Alienrik - did the Dr Web scan and it scanned 10417 objections and found no infections, modifications etc............ phew!!
Do I need to do anything else?
Oneday77 - I do quite a lot of 'media intensive' tasks which I didnt reckon I would be doing when I bought the computer which at the time was only for a bit of word processing and internet usage -therefore a basic model - there has been a lot of changes in my circumstances etc which means I do spend prob way too much time on my computer.
Hopefully in the New Year I may be in a position to purchase a new hard-drive as my monitor etc all in good nick - maybe one of you guys will be able to point me in the right direction.
Thanks

-TangleFoot-

BOBS wrote: »

Hopefully in the New Year I may be in a position to purchase a new hard-drive...

It's called a base unit; the hard drive is one of the components inside it. See previous post on the subject for details.

Oneday77

BOBS wrote: »

Thanks Alienrik - did the Dr Web scan and it scanned 10417 objections and found no infections, modifications etc............ phew!!
Do I need to do anything else?
Oneday77 - I do quite a lot of 'media intensive' tasks which I didnt reckon I would be doing when I bought the computer which at the time was only for a bit of word processing and internet usage -therefore a basic model - there has been a lot of changes in my circumstances etc which means I do spend prob way too much time on my computer.
Hopefully in the New Year I may be in a position to purchase a new hard-drive as my monitor etc all in good nick - maybe one of you guys will be able to point me in the right direction.
Thanks

If you feeling Brave and you can follow instructions have a look at the build a budget Media PC in this months CustomPC magazine. It does cost £500 but you maybe able to recycle some of your components ie case & hard drive. It will be better than anything you pick up off the shelf for the same money as it includes the new Intel generation of CPUs and leaves room to upgrade later and you know what is in it. You don't have to follow the advice on the overclocking either.

Donnie

Really, a new graphics card and more RAM will make a world of difference. You will at least be able to convert in real time. £50 max.

BOBS

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

It's called a base unit; the hard drive is one of the components inside it. See previous post on the subject for details.

Ok take your point -got it wrong again - we are not all computer whizz's you know - honestly if I went into PC world I think I would be able to select the appropriate "base unit"............:A:rotfl::A

Donnie

BOBS wrote: »

Ok take your point -got it wrong again - we are not all computer whizz's you know - honestly if I went into PC world I think I would be able to select the appropriate "base unit"............:A:rotfl::A

If you went in to PC World to buy a base unit, we would just give up on you.

nitr02007

Donnie wrote: »

Really, a new graphics card and more RAM will make a world of difference. You will at least be able to convert in real time. £50 max.

What video conversion software do you use? Cos mine takes several hours for each one and thats with 4GB of mem and a top end graphics card.

Donnie

nitr02007 wrote: »

What video conversion software do you use? Cos mine takes several hours for each one and thats with 4GB of mem and a top end graphics card.

NeroVision 5 or DVD FLICK. That's strange that it takes that long for you, with relatively high end equipment.

Tried ConvertX, but it took longer.

nitr02007

Donnie wrote: »

NeroVision 5 or DVD FLICK. That's strange that it takes that long for you, with relatively high end equipment.

Tried ConvertX, but it took longer.

Thanks I'll give em a trial.