Video question!!

[Foxracer]

What is a good PCIe video card that would be good for editing video and DVRs that would be around $200 Its for a friend so i dont know a lot more info except it will be going into a relatively new 3.2ghz Dell PC with 1gb ram

Thanks

 

[CalvinHobbes]

You probably mean PCI-e not PCI-x.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

If its just normal video, Integrated will be fine. If he intends on playing HD content (escpecially h.264 content) Then a normal eVGA 7300GS will be enough.

 

[Foxracer]

not sure but I know he does a lot of editing high definition from mini dv cam and video shooting; usually has more than 1 video screen running at same time

This is what I was l;ooking at

Sapphire X850

 

[stevty2889]

The video card doesn't come in to play much for video encoding/editing. Thats more of a cpu limited task.

 

[pkme2]

If he's doing a lot of HD video editing, he may want to go with a workstation card like a FireGL or Quadro. He needs to post a thread on AT, to get the right info.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

If its just camcorder stuff, he doesn't need a new video card.

 

[snoturtle]

What software is he using to do the editing with?

Some editing packages do benifit from better vid cards

That x850 should be fine

 

[thecoolnessrune]

X850 would be definite overkill.