Video card for video editing/rendering

[curtismk]

I need to upgrade my computer to speed up the video editing/rendering of home movies to DVD.

Will a video card have any effect on the rendering speed over integrated graphics?

Other than the video stuff, the computer will be used for internet surfing, office apps & kid games.

Thanks for your help and opinions on the subject.

 

[Genx87]

Dont quote me on this but for dvd authoring a faster processor is where it is at. The reason I say dont quote me is I think some of the newer cards have the ability to encode certain codecs, but I dont know for certain and I am 99% sure that wont help you when making DVD or editing videos

 

[curtismk]

Thanks for the response.

I am planning on using either a Conroe or an X2 processor in the new computer. If I went with a video card, it wouldn't be one of the newer video cards.

 

[PianoMan]

AFAIK, dual core and the fastest processor (or oc'd) you can get will help the most, especially if you're using video applications that take advantage of multi-threaded environments (Premiere Pro, TMPEnc, etc.). A C2D or X2 processor's just fine.

Genx87 brings up a good point - may be worth investigating.

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[gsellis]

Originally posted by: curtismk
I need to upgrade my computer to speed up the video editing/rendering of home movies to DVD.

Will a video card have any effect on the rendering speed over integrated graphics?

Other than the video stuff, the computer will be used for internet surfing, office apps & kid games.

Thanks for your help and opinions on the subject.

*IF* you use Studio 10.5 as your tool, then yes, a video card will benefit you. As far as I know to date, this would be the list with video card recommendations (there are more, I am just not going to research it)

Studio 9/10, Avid Liquid - ATI w/ 128MB; for HDV, ATI w/ 256 - 1x00 cards are a plus with the faster GPU helping with effects and playback. Pinnacle created portions of the code with ATI's assistance. Uses DirectX for part of the rendering engine. MPEG2 encode is still CPU only.

Avid Xpress - Nvida Quadro preferred.

Adobe Premiere/After Effects - OpenGL performance, nVidia preferred (ATI does not provide full features in the top-end After Effects package.) Premiere also supports Matrox video cards designed for editing.

Sony Vegas - V6 does not matter, but must be DX9. Next version sounds like DX performance will play a bigger part.