What Graphics Card and why?

[DigitalDave]

Searching through Nvidia and ATI searches, cannot find a reliable favourite for my new NXe system - I dont want to break the bank for the sake of, if a 7600 for £40 will do just as well......over to you guys.

DD

[Mr Bill]

Hi Dave,

I don't own a NXe, but my GeForce 8600 GT 512mb works perfect with my SP.

:)

[xeberdee]

If it were me, I'd choose ASUS Radeon 2400PRO, if you wanna save $.

http://www.xpcgear.com/eah2400pro25.html

Specs look good enough.

WHY? -

Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 32-bit color display at a 1024x768 resolution (128MB of graphics memory is required when editing in HD resolution)

[Imagine Video]

QUADRO FX 1500 in a system with NXe

Because Gdame said they were good:-) and they are a tidy single slot card

and

A saphire HD3850 512mb 256bit card because it works and it was cheap and its a single slot card and does not cover up any of my other pcie slots.

Both cards support open GL the Quadro more so

[xeberdee]

FX 1500 is expensive compared to HD2400 (I know the use it in the turnkey)

Why all the luxury?
Surely Edius doesn't even use the possibilities of such a card?

Is it really necessary? What do you need Open Gl for with Edius?

[Stereodesign]

I have two NX systems, one uses a Nvidia 7300GT with 256Mb, the other a 7600 with 512Mb.
Can't tell the difference between them.

[Imagine Video]

I have no idea But My 3d graphics and title package love it and edius's overlay is fine with it

and I got it from ebay for less than my HD3850 SO WHY NOT HAVE IT should be the question from my point of view........

I see though if you are buying it retail............:-( little point and if you are not doing any other graphics work

[STORMDAVE]

I have a Mac Pro and the graphics card is a X1900...works perfectly with the NX.

I would recommend a 8800GT just in case you need to use GPU heavy effects like Vitascene in the future...however, Xplode Pro will/might not work with this card, so be wary...Maybe someone can chime in of a recenty ATI card that will work ok with Vitascene and EDIUS and Xplode Pro.

[Jerry]

FX 1500 is expensive compared to HD2400 (I know the use it in the turnkey)

Why all the luxury?
Surely Edius doesn't even use the possibilities of such a card?

Is it really necessary? What do you need Open Gl for with Edius?

Do you use AE as well as Edius? This is where you will see the difference.

[Jerry]

I have a Mac Pro and the graphics card is a X1900...works perfectly with the NX.

I would recommend a 8800GT just in case you need to use GPU heavy effects like Vitascene in the future...however, Xplode Pro will/might not work with this card, so be wary...Maybe someone can chime in of a recenty ATI card that will work ok with Vitascene and EDIUS and Xplode Pro.

Yeah Dave, I had the 1950x in the big system and it worked fine with Vitascene and Xplode pro. Not RT, but with buffer prefill it was fine. I replaced it with my FX1500 because of ATI not wanting to play well with others. I have it in the Decklink machine now.

[gdame]

Quadro cards have always excelled in compatibility and designed to work with many of our software tools specifically. There are lower end Quadro cards that may work fine. There is a Quadro FX370 with 256MB DDR2 and dual DVI-I though only one DVI port is dual link. This is a less than $150. card.

I will tell ya what, I just ordered one and will try it on an NX build later next week. Can't wait that long? Then order one and give it a go. If it does not work out, return it, that's what I will do!

As far as hanging on to GPU optimized software. That is all well in an SD world. But things are a changing and HD, IT workflow, Blu-Ray tools and faster CPU's are the future. So, jump on board..................or don't!

[shueardm]

Yeah Quadro FX 1500 and 3450 both tested with NX and work really well, both single slot cards which is good.

[PaulTV]

so a Quadro FX1700 will be OK ? does Xplode work with this card I wonder?

Paul

[gdame]

so a Quadro FX1700 will be OK ? does Xplode work with this card I wonder?

Paul

Paul the FX1700 works fine. Though if you are running 32bit XP and have 4 gigs of RAM then you will lose some available memory according to windows.

Brandon BH, did an indepth post on this subject a while back, you could search for it.

But Yes, it does work well.

[Alter Ego]

I have been using an ATI X1300 Dual DVI 512 MB card with no problems so far. Vitascene works just fine. I may switch to a Nvidia card because a couple of programs I have are tested with Nvidia.

What is the best bang for the buck with an affordable Quadro or Geforce card?