What hardware is needed to capture 704x480 at 30fps?

Presently I have a P1.4, 128 RAM, 7200 Maxtor, Matrox 400 TV capture card, Win98SE. I'm getting dropped frames. What do I need to capture w/o dropped frames. (BTW, cpu utilization is only at 50% when in full capture.)

well, you ain't told us what software and codecs you're capturing with. i can capture at pal dvd res/frame rate to divx5 @ up to 16mbit/sec on this: athlon 1700xp @ 2127mhz (11.5@185) 256mb corsair xms pc3200 asus a7n8x-deluxe winxp SP1 gainward 650xp (geforce4 ti4200 w/vivo) <-- using to cap iuvcr <-- using to cap cpu usage hovers at about 90%, no dropped frames at all when capturing for hours etc.

@mrlipring I am using Virtualdub and Huffy. Looking at your spec and knowing that my cpu almost never goes above 50%, I should be able to do it. I think that I may be a little low on RAM though. Thanks for your input.

I use Instant DVD 2 (external hardware usb mpeg1/2 encoder) to capture to DVD-compatible video and have found no significant problems. About $185. It will also do VCD capture if you don't have a DVD burner. Only possible issue is that it has realistic hardware requirements of a 1.6 Pentium4 CPU, 512Mb RAM, and a big fast harddrive, though a 1.4Ghz P4 would probably work if you got more ram and defragged and rebooted right before capture.(I have a 3GhzP4, 1 Gbyte RAM, and 2 raided WD-JB hard drives). I recommend it...

In a couple of longer caps, Vdub complained about my audio card. The cap was OK but I was suspicious so I did a cap without audio and... no dropped frames. The Audio driver says that it is using a WDM driver. I had this problem about a year ago on my other system but I can't remember how I fixed it. Any ideas?

is it using the drivers that come with windows? if so, get real ones.