I must admit, I have a tendency to sometimes forget about graphics cards when pondering the capabilities of a computer in terms of its suitability for video editing. However, Christoph Vonrhein has a nice analysis of the multiple video cards (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, ATI Radeon X1900 XT, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500) available for the Mac Pro, and what the benefits are of spending the extra money on an upgrade. He concludes that the default NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT is no slouch for most video editing tasks, however the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 is probably overkill, unless you do serious 3D modeling and animation work. Read more for an in-depth look. Excellent little guide for anyone interested in learning more about these graphics cards.Graphics cards for video editors
I must admit, I have a tendency to sometimes forget about graphics cards when pondering the capabilities of a computer in terms of its suitability for video editing. However, Christoph Vonrhein has a nice analysis of the multiple video cards (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, ATI Radeon X1900 XT, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500) available for the Mac Pro, and what the benefits are of spending the extra money on an upgrade. He concludes that the default NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT is no slouch for most video editing tasks, however the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 is probably overkill, unless you do serious 3D modeling and animation work. Read more for an in-depth look. Excellent little guide for anyone interested in learning more about these graphics cards.
1. They didn't mention RT Extreme, which tries to render the movie on-the-fly instead of pre-rendering it. I'd like to see the difference between the Radeon and Quadro there.
Posted at 10:05AM on Nov 23rd 2006 by Jon