What's a useful video card for V9?

Sidecar wrote on 12/24/2009, 1:41 PM
I know Vegas is not video card dependent and you don't have to spend a fortune on a fancy card but here's the question:

Is there a particular card that works well and offers other niceties?

Tuner to see off-air broadcast HD?
Analog Composite digitize capability into Vegas?
HDMI in/out?

Just wondering before I build my new system. Thanks.

Comments

Jay Gladwell wrote on 12/24/2009, 2:20 PM

Do a brand search for the card with the options you want and price them.

Try NVIDIA


xberk wrote on 12/24/2009, 2:38 PM
Using a PNY GeForce 9500 GT (Nvidia) .. $30 at Fry's. Works fine. Gives me two (DVI) monitors which is great for Vegas.

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JohnnyRoy wrote on 12/25/2009, 4:29 AM
I use an NVIDIA 8600GTS and it works just fine. I bought one without a fan to keep my PC super quiet for doing voice overs. Whatever you buy, be conscious of the fan noise it might generate.

~jr
LReavis wrote on 12/25/2009, 10:55 AM
I recently purchased an nVidia 9600GSO for about $40 - a steal - from NewEgg. This one is by ASUS and is a cut above most 9600GSOs. NewEgg occasionally still has open-box sales on these, and you might find one on ebay.

Don't rely upon the ASUS drivers, however - they are terrible. Instead, download the latest nVidia driver and the card will perform quite well with OpenGL 3.1 capabilities.

This is a late-model 9600GSO with rather low power requirements. Not too much heat, not as huge as many other cards.

Fan noise is audible near the computer, but I keep my computers in a large closet and close the door when I do voice overs (I installed a fan to exhaust heat to the outdoors). Then I have no problem with noise.
BudWzr wrote on 12/25/2009, 5:09 PM
I would put my money on a Hybrid DVR card. Hauppage makes great ones. Or an external HD-PVR that records AVCHD, Hauppage has that too.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 12/25/2009, 7:34 PM
I think the ATI AIW's do all of what you listed. I'm not 100% sure, I haven't looked @ one in a while.

Basicly, decide the features you want & then find the piece of hardware that fills those needs. From what I've seen of nvidia's control panel & mutli-monitor setup, I like ATI better, but that's my personal preference.