Hey there,

I've had some performance issues with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17... stuttering footage, program becoming unresponsive during playback, etc.  I'm about to start editing some complex sequences with a number of effects (quick cuts, crossfades, color-correction, blur masks, and so on), and I anticipate the process becoming unbearable at this rate.

I'm assuming this is mostly a hardware issue, and hoping that I can upgrade my system to handle this kind of work better.  But, as I'm fairly computer-illiterate, I figured I'd try and get some outside opinions on how to get up to speed.

I think these are the relevant specs: Windows 7 Home Premium, AMD Phenom II x4 840 processor, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 6800.

Any assistance/advice/opinions would be much appreciated.  Thank you!