How long does it take to convert a 2 hour dvd movie to xvid on average?

I plan on upgrading my system soon with a INTEL Core 2 Duo E6850 3GHz FSB1333MHz 4M LGA775 processor and would like to see how it compared with my old 3ghz Pentium 4 processor. Can anyone tell me how long would it take to convert a 2 hour movie to xvid with AutoGK using the default settings. Right now it's taking like 5-6 hours which is too long for me.

 

I can do it in about an hour and ten min.

 

go for a Q6600 - this will help ur encoding far more than the E6850.. u can also overclock the Q6600 to 3Ghz *very* easily, increasing ur encoding power / decreasing ur encoding time yet again... trust me, go the Q6600! :thumbsup:

 

http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=2866&p=14

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=2846&p=2

tho none are the same encoding programs u use, u'll get the pic soon enough

 

isn't the Q6600 a quad processor?

 

ya

 

@ uspsss

and the price??????????

 

@ www.newegg.com - the CPU that the OP mentioned is same price as the Q6600 - USD$280... so u can get two cores @ 3.0GHz OR FOUR cores @ 2.4GHz, either one for USD$280... GO QUAD CORE FTW!!!

 

with the conversion to my money thats about $310. Thats actually something worth considering, thanks always like to upgrade to something better

 

mm, where u live?

 

down the bottom end of the world: australia

 

OZZIE OZZIE OZZIE OI OI OI - I'm in WA - where u @?

 

i be a victorian

 

use www.staticice.com.au for prices, type in Q6600 - check, then search for E6850 etc - u'll get the pic soon enough

 

thanks i will.

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