Multiprocessor support

general questions about Neat Video
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Multiprocessor support

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Does Neat Video with VirtualDub support and benefit from multiprocessor systems?
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Yes, Neat Video can use all available processors in multiprocessor systems to speedup filtration.
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Post by crucci »

That's great to know.
Have any tests been run to measure the improvement gain.
I want to know how much the investment in a multicore system will improve the processing time.


Thanks.
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Post by NVTeam »

With a dual-core system, it is about x1.6-1.7. Can be a bit higher or lower depending on memory speed.

Generally, I highly recommend to purchase a dual/multicore system. Applications like NV (and also Neat Image) can utilize these new capabilities and moreover, new dual-core processors are generally able to run the same applications faster.

Hope this helps.
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Post by crucci »

Are Neat Video and Neat Image also optimized for the Amd X64 instruction set yet?
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Neat Image and Neat Video are 32-bit applications, they do not use 64-bit extensions. NI and NV are optimized using SSE instructions. So the faster CPU the better. The faster the RAM the better.

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