What kind of card is good.

[MasterLit33]

I'm editing video on my computer and I was wondering what kind of card I should get.

Any suggestions?

I was told maybe a Workstation card but I'm not sure what that is>

Thanks!

 

[Corporate Thug]

a work station card is not necessary for video editing

 

[Keysplayr]

You can get a cheapy vid card, like a GF4 MX440 or ATI 7500 and you will be fine as long as you dont do any gaming. For video editing, try looking into what pinnacle has to offer. I purchased the Pinnacle Studio deluxe for analog and digital recording. It ran about 179.00 about 6 months ago. If your a gamer, you can upgrade your vid card without sacrificing your video editing capabilities.

 

[MasterLit33]

I have Pinnacle DVC 80, with the Dazzle connector. It came with the software and has worked quite well.

Thanks for the answers!

 

[Delorian]

If you are on a budget like I was, you might try the Leadtek TV2000 series tv tuners as they have multiple inputs for vcr/tv/videorecorder etc. and decent IQ. Plenty of capture options are found in the sofware as well. They are around $50 or so at newegg.com right now. Mine was $48 and works like a charm, not perfect image quality but does wonders for the price. If you are just venturing into video editing you might check these cards out, if you are looking for professional quality you will probably want to look elsewhere. Be sure you have plenty of HD space as always when playing with videos.

Good luck finding what you need!


Edit : oops glad you found what you need!:laugh:

 

[MasterLit33]

Well the pinnacle is the editing software but I still need a video and sound card.

Any help is still appreciated!!

 

[Edge3D]

A Matrox. Hands down best image quality of any video card available. Has plenty of power for you as well. Honestly, I havent personally used a Matrox in one of my machines in a long time but since you dont need much gaming power or rendering power forget NV/ATI. Everytime I see a Matrox running I can call it out by looking at the screen.

You cant top Matrox IMO. As far as specific card, I havent bought one long enough to know. Probably cant go wrong with a surround view Parhelia (3 monitors working in tandem).
If thats not a "workstation", I guess I dont know what one is
Parhelia is not cheap though.. but then again.. it is not *cheap*. You get what you pay for.

If you dont go that route, I could only suggest a cheap NV card like a GF4MX.

Why? I say this because you can run as many monitors as you wish in Windows with multiple PCI based Geforce cards. Nvidias software for multimonitor is the best out there, only probably topped by Matrox's but I wouldnt say Matrox is the hands down winner.
I know you didnt ask for multimonitor.. but sounds like someone with your interests -might- be interested in something like that..
heck, if your doing work as described.. I'd get something that can be, or is good with multiple monitors, or at very least... the best 2D quality that modern video cards offer.

 

[MasterLit33]

Any other help on video and sound cards?

not to expensive either...any review sites are welcomed as well.

 

[MasterLit33]

is the PNY nVIDIA Quadro FX500 any good?

Remember I need good rendering and good quality at a low price if there is such a thing.

 

[SickBeast]

I don't know much about the Quadros.

For what you're doing it honestly sounds like you could get by with something very cheap. Are you running an AMD processor? If so, you might want to consider just buying an Abit NF7-M motherboard; it has integrated GF4MX graphics and 6-channel audio (soundstorm?) and costs around $75, which is probably what you would pay for a cheap graphics and and sound card anyway.

 

[MasterLit33]

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