CS5.5 editing experience

Hi
I just wanted to share my editing experience over tha last few days. I have a project with several 2-3 hrs. sequences in, mixed footage AVCHD and Canon T2i MOV's and WAV files from external audio recorder.
I think it was a very good editing experience, no lacks and sloppy reactions, quicly synced external audio and perfectly synced for a 3 hrs. timeline, quick export and send to Encore, all in all one of the best editing experiences I have had for a long time...
What a great update - thanks Adobe
/Ulf

Hi
here it is:
Intel i7 980X - Asus P6T Pro WS - 12 GB RAM - Asus GT470 WD Raptor systemdisc 10K RPM - 2 x WD 1 TB Black Caviar datadiscs, Win 7
/Ulf

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Benson,
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Regarding RAM, the following test results were mine from an old thread:
"...RAM size: increasing from 4GB to 8GB doubled the MPE GPU performance [11 sec. vs. 6 sec.] and improved the MPEG2-DVD performance [122 sec. vs. 91 sec.]; the other tests only improved marginally. Increasing from 8GB to 16GB made significant additional improvements to the MPEG2-DVD time [91 sec. vs. 37 sec.]; all other tests hardly changed at all". [Note that my testing, and current system, run 5.0.3, not 5.5, but I suspect that these results are still probably reasonable for your situation.]
Thread was: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3465135 (How changes to CPU speed, RAM size, and drives impacted my PPBM5 score)
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