On Board Graphics - need help

[Guest]

Hello, I just bought a AMD Athlon XP. This machine's sole purpose will be for video editing. I don't think the computer has any bottle necks except for the graphics card. The card is an Integrated SIS 730S 2D/3D video Accelerator on a ECS K7SEM/M810LMR Mainboard. Can I simply bypass this graphics card by installing a new AGP card. What does anyone recommend for video rendering. Thanks in advance...needy of advice - Ralph

 

[Pettytheft]

What program will you be using, and how much do you want to spend?

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[Guest]

Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and photoshop primarily

 

[Pettytheft]

Sorry, as soon as I see the word "rendering" my mind shifts to 3d, for 2d you dont need a fast video card, you could probably get away with what you have but the picture probably sucks. The biggest speed increase you'll recieve is from the freed up memory. If I can remember correctly that motherboard stated that it only supports Nvidia AGP graphics cards (I'd never heard of anything like that before that's why I remember it, check your manual). Do some searching on the net on some of the cards available, decide on what features you may like or dislike. Read a couple of reviews and then decide.

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[knowan]

If you are going to upgrade, the Radeons have better 2D performance than the GF's (especially the GF2).

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