Thinking about a new vid card

[cm1286]

Hi guys I have been thinking about upgrading from my Ge forceFX 5500 to a new cheap 512mb card. I dont do a lot of gaming but my budy is a film major and I do some editing for him and think that the added memory would be a bonus. Any thoughts on this I have looked at the these two cards mainly oh and I only have agp:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102680

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121216

Any ideas on this would be great thanks

 

[swker98]

a tuff call, i would personally g owith a 256mb nvidia 6800xt or an ati x800gto with 256 mb

 

[cm1286]

Would I see a difference in the perfomce when editing even though ur suggestions still only have 256

 

[swker98]

lol sorry i tohut you said you do alot of gamming, im accually not to shore on this because i dont edit viedo to much, but gooogle may have your answer

 

[DonNagual]

It depends really on where you put the most importance. Graphics cards and video editing cards are two different things:

Video editing cards have special hardware that specializes in just that, editing video.

Graphics cards on the other hand, have very little to do with video editing. It processes and sends video signals to your monitor.

If you are serious about video editing and want a video editing card, have a look at matrox' products: http://www.matrox.com/video/products/home.cfm

 

[cm1286]

Yea my friend has all the capture equipment on his pc so what usually happens is he capturs everything and then gives it to me b/c i have the better processor and ram but i was hoping to get one of the cheap 512mb b/c somebody told me that the higher memory would help with rendoring and overall speed programs like pinnacle and roxio work at. Maybe the new video card wouldnt help at all if u know this is true maybe i will hold off

 

[cm1286]

What about the ati all in wonder. Also just to let everyone know my card scored a 91 on the 3dmark 06 so I deffinetly need a new one