New Computer - big problems - some help, please!

[JimJulian]

I also have a FX 1500 that has been problem free. Works fine with Edius and AfterEffects. Not a game card like the 8000 series.

[AJL14]

George & Jim,

Quick question. My board - the Asus P5K Deluxe, has a specification under "EDIUS Hardware Compatibilty", where GV says to set the Overlay to "Direct3D9", which uses (I believe) the GPU's power to do alot of the video quality and overlay (only in HD - since the Storm card handles it in SD. Does the nVidia Quadro FX 1500 hold up under this requirement - and will it handle the HD without "hiccups". I know the more expensive Quadro boards are used in the studios for video editing, and want to make sure this board will work with HD as well as SD (especially with the DVStorm2 card) and not give me the "stuttering" video I have constantly on my screen.

Thanks guys.
Alan

[gdame]

Tough for me to answer that question because I have never used the 8800 series Nvidia cards. Nor have I ever seen this stuttering that you are talking about. Also, I have not used a Storm card in over two years, so my knowledge of using it with this newer generation hardware is non existant.

Question. Does your video stutter when you are in OHCI mode and bypassing the storm hardware?

In OHCI mode, connect a DV device to your computer fireport and use it as the converter to get an analog signal onto an external monitor/TV. Does this work smoothly? There will be a slight delay with the audio that is coming from your systems speakers, but the audio at the TV will be fine. Test this out.

[JimJulian]

Hey Alan,
HD from a Sony Z1 and HVX 200 work fine with my FX1500. No stuttering. I have Edius set to Direct 3d9.

[AJL14]

Top of the morning, George...
Even using the OHCI input - the video still "stutters" - so I'm getting down to what you guys said earlier - it's the bloody video card. One thing late last night (after you all were sleeping - hate it when something is bugging me and I can't sleep!). I changed the refresh rate of the screen to 75 hertz - and that took away nearly 98% of the stutter. Go figure ! ! ! ! Something in that card! Haven't even tried HD on it yet - but I'm not waiting. Have ordered the 1500.

Will keep you up-to-date on the "Mysteries of Alan" ....
Thanks,
Alan

[AJL14]

Thanks, Jim. And I presume you are in "safe" area - and don't have a Storm card in your editor. Seems the way to go!

Appreciate your input VERY much.

Alan

[Jerry]

Alan
As the above is the case you are lost for using HD as the 8800 will not support direct draw in HD
Regards Barry

However, the 8800GTS 512 will. This is a newer version of the 8800.

Also Alan, I do have the FX1500 and did replace it with the 8800gts 512. I usually edit in 1920x1080 projects. Vitascene will not do 1920x1080 effects without a card with 512mb or ram.
The 1700 does have some sort of memory leak, unless that has been fixed. Remember we are going to a new version of Edius soon and no telling what the effects package will require.
But if you are importing 1920x1080 into Edius, be prepared for GPU intensive packages to require more and more ram.
On the cheap side, I also have a Sapphire 2600xt 512 that I picked up for around $70 from Newegg. All SD effects are true RT with the blue line above the timeline.
As far as I know, nothing is doing RT in HD as of yet. Vitascene and Xplode are very responsive in both the 2600xt and the 8800gts 512. Just not RT. Will play through with buffer prefill though.