Photoshop, Illustrator, Video Editing

[Majine]

Hey guys, I don't know much about the video cards for rendering in Photoshop, Illustrator and video editing... I hear the quattro cards and fireGL cards are what i'm looking for.. Just wondering how they will perform using these programs...I run a small business with graphic design and am just wondering if switching to a quattro or firegl card will boost my performence in these programs...

Thanks

 

[cleeve]

A sub-$100 card will work just as well as a quadro or FireGL in Photoshop, Illustrator, or video editing.

Look for an X1300 or X1600, they have nice video viewing and even rendering features.

 

[Majine]

thanks a lot...that is what i was thinking!

 

[jkis]

Thank you for the advice!

 

[jkis]

Thanks!

 

[sceen311]

If you're using Adobe Premier Pro CS5 then you'll want a nVidia card, with CUDA. 64 bit operating system and 64 bit software.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/adobe-cs5-cuda-64-bit,2770-10.html f

In photoshop CUDA will only make noticable gains in certain plug-ins that take advantage of the hardware but, if you're using Premier Pro CS5 then you definetly want nVidia, they used a GTX 480 in the testing for the linked article.