Intel Core Duo or C2D - iMovie benchmark needed

[sigamy]

MacWorld stated that a C2D 2.16Ghz iMac rendered the aged video effect in 52 seconds on a 1 minute clip.

On my 2.16Ghz C2D iMac this takes much longer.

Can someone run this test and report back your speeds?

 

[FocusAndEarnIt]

What about the RAM? Were the RAM specs different?

If so, it would be expected yours would be slower (...if you had less RAM)

 

[sigamy]

The opposite actually. They had 1gb, I have 2gb. And I probably have more OS and iMovie updates than they had.

 

[sigamy]

Can anyone with an Intel iMac run this for me?

Take a 1 minute movie and apply the Aged Film effect.

How long does it take to render?

 

[ClaphamChris]

Hi there

20" 2.0Ghz Core Duo, 1.5GB RAM. Nothing else running, bar Finder.

2 mins 48 secs.

Hope that helps. Can't imagine Macworld's machine was really that fast somehow....


Chris

 

[sigamy]

Here is what I've found from a few small tests---

When you take a project that was started on PPC and then opened on an Intel Mac any rendering of effects will take longer than a project you start brand new on the Intel Mac.

I have a project created on my iMac G4. I open this on my new C2D iMac. I take a 1 minute clip and apply the Aged Film effect. It takes nearly 2 minutes to render the effect.

I then create a new project on the C2D iMac. I import the same 1 minute footage (full quality DV). I apply the Aged Fillm effect. It takes 55 seconds to render.

Can anyone else confirm this behavior? Any clues? Is iMovie being moved into Rosetta mode when you open a project that was created on PPC?