Video card upgrade to speed up DVDFab?

[athlon700]

I still had a couple of options before I had to give in and RTFM.

[GregiBoy]

RTFM is always a good idea if all else fails !!!

Hummm... and I suppose you expect me to read the manual too. LOL
thanks

[CBR929]

It's on the main forum page where the new versions are always posted

Quite simple actually.

When you sign in, you should always check for newer and improved versions.
CBR929

[athlon700]

Hummm... and I suppose you expect me to read the manual too. LOL
thanks

[bmiller]

Quite simple actually.

[W&B]

why do you mention new versions of fab but don't tell us where to get them? not nice.

It's on the main forum page where the new versions are always posted

[athlon700]

why do you mention new versions of fab but don't tell us where to get them? not nice.

[signals]

The new beta versions (8086) has support for ATI cards, please read the release notes and try it.

This is a very good topic and something I wish I had known before I built my system. I would have most definitely picked up a Nvidia card instead of my Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit video card, but it's sufficient. I can compress a 40-50GB Blu-ray disc with 53% compression just shy of 2 hours. Not bad at all. Oh, I'm running an Intel i7 950 3.07GHz Quad Core with 64-Bit Windows 7 with 12GB of DDR3 Corsair XMS3 RAM.

[athlon700]

ok, makes sense

[DiabloZoe]

what I cant figure out is why you want to back up a $20 movie with a $30 disk?

Well let me explain it to you. I got the disc's off ebay from a good seller 46.99 shipped 50GB TDK 5 of them! And they are BDRE! I don't collect movies anymore, I have all the pay channels so when one of the movies I have comes on HBO or Starz or Max, they play it over and over and over so at that point I just erase over the disc and put another movie on it! Sometimes I will just copy the movie to the HDD and burn it later. But I can copy over and over so what I paid for the disc is well worth it! I also picked up for 9.99 at frys 3 pack TDK disc's 2 BDR and 1 BDRE 25GB I use the 50 so I don't have to compress and if the movie fits on a 25GB uncompressed I use them. I only do movie only.

[athlon700]

what I cant figure out is why you want to back up a $20 movie with a $30 disk?

[DiabloZoe]

correct me if I am wrong but there are only 3 manufacturers of cd or dvd media and they are all in China or maybe India. they just brand the name brand ones and ship the rest as blanks. the brand names get some quality checks and the rest they let the customer quality check them.
check pricewatch.com

I dont know if your wrong or right! I know I bought some Memorex BDRE and went to set AWS and they came up with some name I cant remember, but when I stick a TDK branded BDRE in AWS it comes up TDK! Same with Verbatim! Its all about what you want to spend, I had some Optical Quantum disc they play fine in my Sammy but not my friends PS3. I switched to the TDK and have not had a bad burn or one not play in any player I throw it at.

[athlon700]

correct me if I am wrong but there are only 3 manufacturers of cd or dvd media and they are all in China or maybe India. they just brand the name brand ones and ship the rest as blanks. the brand names get some quality checks and the rest they let the customer quality check them.
check pricewatch.com

[DiabloZoe]

i get my bd-re from someplace in calif for a buck a piece and have not had one failure...yet. I have burnt about 25. If you are referring to the new Bambi movies the blu ray copied to hdd fine but took 2 hrs to compress to 25 gig

What kind are your BDRE? ImgBurn AWS will tell you the manufacture of the disc. Are they 25gb or 50gb? I will only buy 50gb since I only copy movie only and I dont have to compress.

[athlon700]

i get my bd-re from someplace in calif for a buck a piece and have not had one failure...yet. I have burnt about 25. If you are referring to the new Bambi movies the blu ray copied to hdd fine but took 2 hrs to compress to 25 gig