What is best graphics card

[Guest]

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Any suggestions for the best video card for video editing? Thanks for any
help!

 

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"Eastman123" <eastman123@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions for the best video card for video editing? Thanks for any
> help!

Got a very good one here.

my 2 cents

 

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Any video card made today will suffice for 2D video editing work.

However, extra features may be of interest.

eg. ATI All-In-Wonder cards have TV tuner + analog video capture &
output capabilities + FM radio (in some), and some have dual monitor +
TV (3rd device) simultaneous support. This allows you to see the edit
video window on one monitor, the video editing program pallets in
another monitor, and the edited video output on a standard NTSC
reference monitor on the third.

Matrox has similar multidisplay cards, but w/o analog capture of the ATI.

The top end ATI AIW cards are among the world's fastest for 3D graphics,
so if you expect to expand your skills to 3D work later, the live
preview these cards can provide of your work will come in handy. (or
just a good game of quake)

--

Also, if you're driving the drop-dead gorgeous 9.2 megapixel (3840x2400
pixels!) Viewsonic VP2290b LCD monitor, then you'll have to use one of
the approved cards
(http://viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/proseries/vp2290b/):

ATI Radeon 8500
ATI Fire GL4
ATI FireGL X1-256 (AGP Pro) or X2-256 (AGP) card
nVIDIA Quadro FX1000, FX1100, or FX2000
Quadro FX FX3000
nVIDIA Quadro4 900XGL & 980XGL
Matrox Parhelia PCI (20Hz), Matrox Parhelia AGP (20Hz), and Matrox
Parhelia HR256

This baby's big enough to display 5x5 (25) full-size 720x480 standard D1
videos on screen w/o overlapping at once; big enough to display 3x3 (9)
full-size 1024x768 standard program windows on screen at once, too.
Perfect for those multi-angle editing tasks!

 

[AnthonyR]

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actually for just video editing work an expensive fast gaming card is not
needed.
No need to pay $300 when a $90 card will do great for video work.
I use an older NVidea 5600 and a ATI Radeon 9000 pro, both do more than I
need them to.
And both were under $100 back when I bought them, so you can get even newer
now for about $100.
Your basically going only to use the video overlay feature and also the ram
if you have software that utilizes it for
rendering, but the fast graphics chips, that is only used for 3d rendering
in game play. No real need for that if your video editing and graphics work.

AnthonyR


"Eastman123" <eastman123@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions for the best video card for video editing? Thanks for any
> help!

 

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"Eastman123" <eastman123@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions for the best video card for video editing? Thanks for any
> help!

Desktop real estate should be considered. All of my cards have dual VGA or
DVI output and S-Video output. Three of my four editing stations have dual
CRT monitors and S-Video capable TVs attached. ........ The TVs stay off
until I want to view some rendered or about-to-be rendered product so I have
a good idea of what it will look like on an interlaced TV....... The dual
CRTs provide me with a ton of space to work with. With UMSP, I can have
every window and toolbar I want open or active by spacing them across the
spanned desktop. And, I can have the timeline stretched across the spanned
desktop when working with large clips or with small time increments.

So, IMHO, any card with Dual VGA or Dual DVI and an S-Video out will suit
the purpose nicely.

 

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On 09 Jun 2004 01:36:10 GMT, eastman123@aol.com (Eastman123) wrote:

>Any suggestions for the best video card for video editing?

Matrox Parhelia 256MB <http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/parhelia/256mb.cfm>

 

[steve]

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Just wondering...

For editing...does it make any difference if you have 128 meg or does the
256 do something
"special" I should know about (for editing only) with XP and Premiere Pro???
I'll be using 2
computer monitors out and one video out to my Sony monitor.

So does the memory make a difference?

I have no interest in gaming with it.

Steve
www.kyvideoservices.com


"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message
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> On 09 Jun 2004 01:36:10 GMT, eastman123@aol.com (Eastman123) wrote:
>
> >Any suggestions for the best video card for video editing?
>
> Matrox Parhelia 256MB
<http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/parhelia/256mb.cfm>
>
>

 

[steve]

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Now thats about the best answer I could hope for!

That's what I thought too, but wasn't sure and you have saved me a lot of
cash too.

Thanks
www.kyvideoservices.com


"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:04:37 GMT, "Steve" <steventv@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> >Just wondering...
> >
> >For editing...does it make any difference if you have 128 meg or does
> >the 256 do something "special" I should know about (for editing only)
> >with XP and Premiere Pro???
>
> The extra memory, for video editing purposes, is only useful for running
> multiple monitors at higher resolutions.
>
> The highest typically someone will run high-end monitors at is 3840x2400
> at 32-bit color, which uses (3840 x 2400 x 4) around 36MB of RAM. And
> 3840x2400 is an insane resolution. 1280x1024 to 1600x1200 is more the
> norm. And the most monitors someone will typically run off of a Parhelia
> card is 3.
>
> So for video editing purposes, while a 256MB is "best", it will make no
> difference to you. The 128MB will be just fine.
>
> >I'll be using 2 computer monitors out and one video out to my Sony
> >monitor.
> >
> >So does the memory make a difference?
>
> Not for video editing purposes in 2004.
>
> However, if you decide to use this card in the future with Microsoft's
> "Longhorn" and its 3-D interface, the extra memory may be useful.
>
>

 

[steve]

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Now thats about the best answer I could hope for!

That's what I thought too, but wasn't sure and you have saved me a lot of
cash too.

Thanks
www.kyvideoservices.com


"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:04:37 GMT, "Steve" <steventv@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> >Just wondering...
> >
> >For editing...does it make any difference if you have 128 meg or does
> >the 256 do something "special" I should know about (for editing only)
> >with XP and Premiere Pro???
>
> The extra memory, for video editing purposes, is only useful for running
> multiple monitors at higher resolutions.
>
> The highest typically someone will run high-end monitors at is 3840x2400
> at 32-bit color, which uses (3840 x 2400 x 4) around 36MB of RAM. And
> 3840x2400 is an insane resolution. 1280x1024 to 1600x1200 is more the
> norm. And the most monitors someone will typically run off of a Parhelia
> card is 3.
>
> So for video editing purposes, while a 256MB is "best", it will make no
> difference to you. The 128MB will be just fine.
>
> >I'll be using 2 computer monitors out and one video out to my Sony
> >monitor.
> >
> >So does the memory make a difference?
>
> Not for video editing purposes in 2004.
>
> However, if you decide to use this card in the future with Microsoft's
> "Longhorn" and its 3-D interface, the extra memory may be useful.
>
>