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| Thread ID: 59623 | 2005-07-07 23:17:00 | What graphics card for dedicated audio/video PC? | braindead (1685) | Press F1 |
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| 370380 | 2005-07-07 23:17:00 | Hi all When I built my dedicated audio/video studio PC a few years ago, the Matrox Millennium G200 AGP card came highly recommended as being very stable for audio work. It has been, mostly. But with the demands of some video work, particularly in full-screen preview mode, the card, unsurprisingly, cannot always keep up, resulting in glitches. I'm looking for a replacement for the G200 and would value your input on what would be suitable. My audio and video setup uses two XP Home OS on dedicated partitions, one for audio and one for video. Being non-commercial, I'm hoping to find a card at the economy end of the scale. Thanks! :) |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 370381 | 2005-07-08 00:11:00 | www.computerlounge.co.nz | pctek (84) | ||
| 370382 | 2005-07-08 00:17:00 | God damn, even the budget end of those cards are expensive. I would just use a ATI 9550 (this is an uninformed comment btw, but I would love to know what those cards could do that a low end gaming card couldn't do, Especially for a non-commercial home user) I can't see stability or image quality being an issue. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 370383 | 2005-07-08 02:06:00 | The real power of these cards lies in drivers, heavily optimised for all kind of professional applications including 3D studio Max, Lightwave, Maya3D and also in CAD software. Typically, their features are targeted torwards the 'high-end' as they provide features like accelerated AA line (for CAD) and quad-buffered stereo (for scientific/3D visualisation). They are supposed to provide a higher level of stability and deterministic rendering capabilities where accuracy is more important than speed. If you want to model, work with particles – water, explosions, grass, do animation loops, and you are spending hours doing this with some consumer cards, do yourself a favour because even the slowest one is leagues beyond consumer cards. Thats why. They don't compare with gaming cards.ANyway the cheapies are only around $260ish. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 370384 | 2005-07-08 02:09:00 | Ah, That answers that then..... :thumbs: | Metla (12) | ||
| 370385 | 2005-07-08 02:11:00 | deterministic - an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes Sounds fancy. Edit And the article you grabbed your text from www.theinquirer.net |
Metla (12) | ||
| 370386 | 2005-07-08 02:57:00 | Thanks all. Much appreciated. Gawd...$3,095.10 for a bloody graphics card on Computer Lounge. Must be some whizzbang product. | braindead (1685) | ||
| 370387 | 2005-07-08 04:53:00 | so how would these cards do for gaming? and i mean can you get cards that are good for both? or say have mid range features between the two? I'm just looking at the casual gamer that works with 3d applications. | Sleepy (7202) | ||
| 370388 | 2005-07-08 05:03:00 | if i remeber correctly they are basicly the same hardware, just diffent bios and drivers. they are simply made to be accurate not fast. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 370389 | 2005-07-08 05:17:00 | ""NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL By Leadtek cards provide the fastest entry 3D graphics performance BUY ONLINE AND SAVE $266.12 incGST"" I don't think there is both in one. These things are for serious business graphics stuff, not gaming. If its casual, then get a "gaming" card... Just thought I'd point them out though..... |
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