Newby here, Sony Vegas slow on P4

[stewpot47]

Hi Looks like a super site.
I have the following:-
1. A giga LAN
2. Bufalow 2TB Lan Disc
3. Main Pc Based on a Pentium 4 3g, Ram 3g, 2x 500g discs O/s on one
Benchmark 491
4. MediaPC Based on Core2 5300 1.86g, Ram 2g, 1 250g disc & 1 500g disc
Benchmark 1,112
5. Laptop P Dual core 2g, Ram 3g 250g disc, Benchmark 1,129

Now my problem/question.
I have Sony Vegas Video editing software on the Main PC and to render a 6 minute video can take 3-4hrs.
I would like to upgrade the Processor in the PC Using the existing Motherboard.which has the 478 skt I can't find much of an CPU improvement on that Motherboard/skt combination.
Does anyone h ave any suggestions?
Stewpot47

[David (PassMark)]

Save up a bit more and get a new MB as well as a new CPU.

Or move the rendering to the MediaPC with the Core2.

[stewpot47]

Thanks Passmark.
I had come to that conclusion myself.
The real solution would be network render, but the Vegas is much more expensive to get that facility.
I do think this machine deserves an upgrade it has been very good.
I am upgrading all of them to win7 next week and once I have some network stability I will do a render comparison on all three machines.
Reading your info I am considering the AMD phenom11x4965 with a new motherboard.
Do you have any thoughts? I have always been happy with Intel/Asus combinations so this would be a change for me.
Thanks again Stewart

[David (PassMark)]

The Phenom II 1055T is good value for money. But the high end Intel i7 CPUs like the 980x will probably run Vegas 20% to 30% faster.

[stewpot47]

Thanks again.
The Intel is way out of my league these days.

Stewart