Video Card upgrade

dendence wrote on 4/9/2008, 4:12 PM

I have a regular old 256mb nothing special video card.
Is ther any advantage by upgrading, render time,better graphics,etc if I get a better one ?. A friend recommends this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261013
My pc has dual core processor, raptor HDrives and 4 GB ram

thanks

Comments

Terje wrote on 4/9/2008, 4:27 PM

No advantage for editing. If you play H.264 you may see some improvement in playback if you get a software DVD that supports nVidia hardware acceleration. Not anything that will help your editing though, Vegas doesn't use video hardware.

I like the two DVI and the HDMI ports. There are probably less expensive offerings out there with similar features though. Something with 8600 or 8800 chips. Plenty power for video, but if you are gaming... well...

dendence wrote on 4/9/2008, 5:02 PM

thanks for saving me $ 200. I don't game so I suppose I don't need it.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 4/10/2008, 6:18 AM

I was playing HD H.264 on an ATI 9600 in HD, so you don't even need a new card to do that, unless it's an nvidia. Nvidia didn't add that feature until years after ATI.