Solved Video editing

Ken Davison

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I do a fair bit of video editing and I have recently upgraded the ram to 8gb and gone to win 7 64bit.

I built the pc a few weeks back and have yet to add a card. It appears gaming is the main priority and wonder if anyone has any first hand experience with a good card.
 

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Home made
OS
Win7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom (tm) 945oe Quad Core 2.10 GHz
Motherboard
Sapphire PE-AM2RS740G2 - PURE Element 740G
Memory
2gb
Graphics Card(s)
onboard
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Technika 26"
Hard Drives
Sata 500gb onboard
Several USB external HD
PSU
600watt
Case
Pass
Cooling
four fans
Internet Speed
sluggish
I do a fair bit of video editing and I have recently upgraded the ram to 8gb and gone to win 7 64bit.

I built the pc a few weeks back and have yet to add a card. It appears gaming is the main priority and wonder if anyone has any first hand experience with a good card.

I'm confused by the wording of your question. I believe that you're noting that consumer cards are mainly reviewed in the context of gaming, but that you're looking for a good card for video editing. Is that correct?

I don't do video editing, so I can't offer advice there. It may not matter much, unless your software can use the GPU to accelerate some of its processing. If the software supports Cuda, you'd need an nVidia card. AMD is pushing OpenCL, but I have the impression that not much software currently for sale supports that yet.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
homegrown
OS
Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core I7-3930k
Motherboard
Asus P9X79 Pro
Memory
16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133
Graphics Card(s)
eVGA GTX680
Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Titanium
Monitor(s) Displays
As PA246Q
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1200
Hard Drives
Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
WDC 1.5TB Caviar Black
PSU
PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire
Case
Silverstone FT02
Cooling
Noctua NH-D14
Keyboard
cheap Logitech USB
Mouse
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB
Internet Speed
6Mb cable
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Pioneer BDR-205
Samsung SH-203B
Monsoon 5.1 speakers
I have been a rank amature video user since the mid 90's using various ULead software, I have now up graded to Corel VideoStudio Pro Editor for my software platform.

In the 90's I had a video card which gave me a panel on the front of the pc for S video plus. this was great as there was no need to keep plugging bits and pieces into the rear of the pc.

So I am now looking for a card which comes with a front access panel which supports 1394 fire wire access, usb and HDMI, 1gb memory. Dual rear out put. I may be asking a lot for £200 but I can stretch it upwards for the right card if needed to around £500.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home made
OS
Win7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU
AMD Phenom (tm) 945oe Quad Core 2.10 GHz
Motherboard
Sapphire PE-AM2RS740G2 - PURE Element 740G
Memory
2gb
Graphics Card(s)
onboard
Sound Card
onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Technika 26"
Hard Drives
Sata 500gb onboard
Several USB external HD
PSU
600watt
Case
Pass
Cooling
four fans
Internet Speed
sluggish
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