dr_bowtie Posted November 18, 2005 Posted November 18, 2005 I think I may upgrade my pc...here is what I was thinking....keep in mind I just surf and don't game...the games I do play work fine on my current card...but... Cpu: A64 3700+ sandiego Board: NF4 Ultra-D V/C: 6600gt everything else the same....Cost to me $400.00 What do you think? The most I do with my pc now is rip&burn dvd's....I can do a complete movie in 6-8minutes start to finish....I don't know if i'd gain much here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Game Posted November 18, 2005 Posted November 18, 2005 Personally I don't think it would be worth it, but I guess it depends on what the $400 dollars means to you. If you can do your main task in 6-8 minutes, I think by doing this upgrade isn't going to gain much. I think ripping and burning dvd's is first dependant on the speed (and cache) of the dvd drive, second on read speed (and cache) of the original drive (whether it's your hard drive or another dvd drive), and then by ram, so maybe $100 for a faster (and more cache) dvd drive or another gig of ram would probably have the same (very small) increase. And these 2 gigs won't go to waste when you do decide to go NF4. Even if you bought the 3700+, NF4, vc, and another gig of ram, you would probably only save less than a minute, but maybe someone with that type of setup, and burns dvd's could chime in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted November 18, 2005 Posted November 18, 2005 Bus speed seems to play an important role on burning rates...theoretically it shouldn't but it does... I got more performance increase by upping the bus 10fsb than upping the ram to 1gig... I was sure that if you had a 16x's burner it would only burn at a certain speed...even when burning at 16x's different bus speed will lesson burning times... For instance my rig is still run at the specs listed...I can rip and burn a full lenght dvd in 6-8minutes start to finish...done... My other rig has the same opticals but runs a 266fsb (vs. a 420fsb) every thing else the same it takes anywhere from 20-30 minutes or more....big diff.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Want to add... Which sata II does everbody think most relaible so far? I just scored a academic version of WinXP64pro.....$ 5.00 so I am getting closer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 What software do you use to rip/burn CD and DVD's? I was wanting to get some good software for that, and I have the same optical drive as you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyclone Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Go here, they have GUIDES and the SOFTWARE to download. http://www.afterdawn.com/ If you're just backing up your movies then use the software and techniques recommended in the DVDShrink guide, all the software is free as well (you download the trial version of NERO but that's all you need by DVDShrink just uses the NERO burning engine so no need to upgrade). Shrink is good to about 75% compression, after that, you might want to move up to DVDRebuilder and CCE, but that costs a few bucks (less than $100) and takes longer, but you get very good quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 psyclone is right... Thats where I got it.... I use...DvdShrink (either 3.1 or 3.2) Nero 6 (latest version) and AnyDvd.....(which cost and is a must) I prefer shrink and nero combo to any other... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 Is there a quick Tut I can read about DVDShrink and Nero to see what each does? DVDShrink does.... Nero does.... (doesn't Nero create ghost images?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 nope pretty much gotta figure it out on your own... Dowln load and install all 3 items listed.... then all you use is dvd shrink...it will do the rest.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted November 21, 2005 Posted November 21, 2005 So I will need the AnyDvd Program in order to make a quality copy of a disc? Is there another program that will do that same w/ less quality for free? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 No....You will need AnyDvd to do what you can't do with out it..... Afterdawn.com......search, search, search.....there is freware there but....it maybe more work.... I really can't tell you how to use, or what to do it with... what you are trying to do questions infringement....The info is there.... the rest is up to you.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0tter Posted November 22, 2005 Posted November 22, 2005 Sell the NF2 and AMD XP-M before there are no buyers left or ppl willing to pay decent coin. http://www.videohelp.com/ will answer all your questions and provide walk-throughs For me SONY movies do not work with DVDshrink. I only use ANYDVD for movies made by Sony films or whatever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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