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2.3 i5 Mini Fly's Encoding Movies

Wicked1

Wicked1

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Apr 13, 2009
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I have a Base 2.3 Mini with 2GB Ram, and this thing Encodes 8 movies in the time my 2009 C2D 2.0 GH with 4GB ram encodes 4, I did not realize how fast the new i5 CPU's work. I just wish there was a way to remove Lion and put SL on there with no issues and no hacking, if Apple allowed this it would be cool, not really liking Lion much.
 
I did the exact same upgrade. I use reasonably high Handbrake settings and my 2010 base Mini would encode at around 6-7fps. My new 2.3i5 8GB Mini does around 16-18fps. Wonderful upgrade. Sold my 2010 for 500, and I actually made a $20 profit on upgrading due to selling my BTS card and selling the rebate printer :D
 
Paid $299 for my 2011 i5 2.3 Base Mini since they could not repair my old one, they gave me money off on the new one, I sold my first base mini, but then I decided to replace my broken one with a new one so it was a good deal using my 4GB 1066 memory until my 8 GB 1333 arrives but way cool as far as the i5 over the C2D.
 
Wicked1 said:
I have a Base 2.3 Mini with 2GB Ram, and this thing Encodes 8 movies in the time my 2009 C2D 2.0 GH with 4GB ram encodes 4, I did not realize how fast the new i5 CPU's work. I just wish there was a way to remove Lion and put SL on there with no issues and no hacking, if Apple allowed this it would be cool, not really liking Lion much.
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lion is not good for my needs. it also cost me a large sale to a dj as all his programs serato sl2 etc don't work with lion.
 
Wicked1 said:
I have a Base 2.3 Mini with 2GB Ram, and this thing Encodes 8 movies in the time my 2009 C2D 2.0 GH with 4GB ram encodes 4, I did not realize how fast the new i5 CPU's work.
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It does not only depend on the CPU. The developers of x264 improve their code daily. And regarding Lion vs SL: I do not see how one of the systems improves video encoding tasks, because the missing QuickSync support is a hardware problem, AFAIK.
 
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