Reserecting Storm2

[George_S]

I presently have a rockstable Storm2 system ; P4 3.06 , 1gig ram, with a nVidia GeForce4 Ti4800SE card. Running Edius 4.62. This is an AGP machine

I would like to bring it to life for a little longer,

What do you think of this video card upgrade?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3855381&CatId=2234

Is it worth spending the $ on this or saving for a new computer?

[swsw1550]

I would go for it as it is AGP and their isn't a big selection these days,

[Jerry]

I presently have a rockstable Storm2 system ; P4 3.06 , 1gig ram, with a nVidia GeForce4 Ti4800SE card. Running Edius 4.62. This is an AGP machine

I would like to bring it to life for a little longer,

What do you think of this video card upgrade?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3855381&CatId=2234

Is it worth spending the $ on this or saving for a new computer?

Here is the newegg link.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D%203850%20agp

also read the customer comments. Couple of hints in there.

[George_S]

Thanks for the replies. I hope this would help with Xplode Pro effects rendering.

[Blast1]

Unless you want the card for other things other than Storm use, a X1650PRO is a cheaper card and gives good performance with Storm, whatever card you use be sure to uninstall the nVidia drivers first before shutting down the system to change the cards

[STORMDAVE]

Put in more ram as well.

[swsw1550]

StormDave is correct, put more ram in as well, 1gig is not enough these days for really anything.


Steve

[George_S]

OK, I,ve also decided to upgrade the power supply, Sapphire recommends at least 30 amps for the 12 volt supply , so I found a deal on a Corsair 650w, I know it may bea little over kill.

[STORMDAVE]

Since you're on your way of upgrading all this stuff, I recommend building a new PC instead with a new C2D processor. You can still use the Storm with 4.x, and when you're ready to upgrade you can move to the HDStorm and still use the same PC.

[GrassValley_BH]

I agree with StormDave. Barring a broken video card in an otherwise good system, if you're going to spend money on things, spend it on a new system.

[George_S]

Thanks for the advise, however I went ahead and did the upgrade on the old box . I am writing to thank you and to report on the results which a few of you already know. All went as planned with the harware install, and I installed the latest drivers and software for the Saphire ati 3850. It has so many features and settings , including over clocking, if you want to go there, that I decided to play it safe and leave all at default.

Rendering a xplode album transition seemed to be slower than before the change, so I tried the Excellerater Fix that has be posted here, And to my surprise, IT WORKED! Not total realtime but the same Album transition went from requiring a 3 minutes render, to playing using the buffer down to 3 or 2 on a 3 second transition.

The problem that I need help with is, I have a problem with the overlay in the record and play windows. I only see a still frame of the timeline (no movement) If I go to the Capture menu and select DVStorm , it update the overlay window with another still frame. The output from firewire is fine.
Please Help if you can.

[Alade]

Ah ha...you got that too....there was a fix posted for that some time ago....you may have to do a search for it.......let me see if I can find it for you......it is something to add to the INI file in windows....dont want to try to remember and put you wong, so I will try to find it, and post it, but do a search in the mean time.....think it may be found under 'real time'....not sure,

[George_S]

I will try to find something on the realtime issue, I would appreciate any assistance.

[Alade]

here is the files to add to the ini files........
[DVStorm-RT.stmcore.conf]
OverlayMethod=1

[DVStorm-RT.stmdd]
OverlayUpdateMethod=0

But this time the overlay remained black. So I searched my notes and found an old Edius V2.5 setting:

[DVStorm-RT.stmcore.conf]
OverlayMethod=1

[CtsHal]
OverlayUpdateMethod=1


if the overlay dont work, just change the numbers from 0 to 1 and visa versa

[George_S]

here is the files to add to the ini files........
[DVStorm-RT.stmcore.conf]
OverlayMethod=1

[DVStorm-RT.stmdd]
OverlayUpdateMethod=0

But this time the overlay remained black. So I searched my notes and found an old Edius V2.5 setting:

[DVStorm-RT.stmcore.conf]
OverlayMethod=1

[CtsHal]
OverlayUpdateMethod=1


if the overlay dont work, just change the numbers from 0 to 1 and visa versa

Thanks for this info, I got it working by selecting (refresh Overlay). Where do I find this INI file ?
Also, I keep my Edius 3.62 operating just for the Photo Album effects; where can I find the overlay option for that program and in addition, its INI file.

George_S