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Chienworks wrote on 2/13/2003, 6:41 AM
If you've got an old 4MB ISA card you've got plenty. Vegas doesn't need anything more from the video card than the ability to display the Windows desktop.

Actually your memory requirements are based on screen resolution and color bit-depth. If you run your desktop at 1024x768 24bit color, you'll need 1024x768x3 bytes, or 2.25MB of video memory. 1600x1200x32bit needs 8MB. Double this if you want to run dual monitors.

All that extra memory in 32MB & 64MB cards is there for realtime texture mapping for games and 3D rendering. This isn't needed for video editing.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/13/2003, 7:45 AM
I agree about the extra RAM. What are you using your computer for? I do video editing, a little 3d, and play games on my computer, so I've got a video card with 128mb (ati Radeon 8500 LE, only $60-8- now). Get an AGP if ya can though. They are a little more then PCI ones, but might as well use the extra update speed if ya got it.
wezx wrote on 2/13/2003, 11:05 AM
Hey thanks for the advice. This computer is a new one replacing my main a/v/ rig. We do mostly audio...(we write about 95% of the content at American Greetings.com, as well as work for Little Tikes, AOL, etc.), but we're getting into quite a bit of video work, and I had no idea what type of video card I might need in the new computer. Thanks again for the input!