AVCHD recommendations

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Video card recommendation:

I almost have the green light to start my little side hobby. My first things were the cams and Premiere Pro CS4. I've almost completed my rig (3 in sig) and I need to get a new video card for editing that can handle quality playback. I was originally using the machine to game on, but since my Q9550 is running smoother with it's new mb, I'm taking the vid card from rig 3 to rig 1 and my AVCHD editing machine will just need a replacement video card.

What video card would you recommend?


Hard drive recommended setup:

For the drives. I have 1 300g 15K scsi, 1 1Tb FALS WD, an old 150g Raptor (might have bad sectors - not sure) I would also like to back up the projects and files. I was thinking of the F3 HD103SJs' for their excellent performance.

What would be the best way to run these drives?

Thank you (in advance)

 

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[mmntech]

Any video card that can handle H.264 acceleration will work, so I'd any Geforce 9 or Radeon HD 3000 and above. You could even go with older cards and it would still work.

 

[luv2liv]

cs4 can play avchd files smoothly after an update. no need to transcode those files anymore. i love it!!!

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

cs4 can play avchd files smoothly after an update. no need to transcode those files anymore. i love it!!!

I was able to playback raw AVCHD files on my Q9650 @ 3.4Ghz. What update are you referring too? I haven't had it cs4 installed in a while (building editing machine)

 

[luv2liv]

my ati 5750 had no problem playing back the files with media player classic. however, during editing in cs4, it was extremely jerky. it drove me nuts! i wasnt the only one. on the net, others had the same issue. with the latest update, premiere version 4.2.1, the problem went away.