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Video card advice
I am building a new system and im trying to see what is overkill. I currently have a GS8400 Nvidia card is there any reason to get a better one with Premiere Pro or does the video card not matter much?
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I always prefer to use a newer video card when building a new system, it doesn’t have to be top of the line for editing, low end compositing and 3D. I currently run a 9600GT with a 3ig quad core and Production Studio, I will be upgrading to a i7 system soon and probably will use a GTS250 or a GTx260, I do use a higher end Quatro in a dual quad graphics workstation, but thats a different ball of wax.
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Thanks for the reply does Premiere use the video card at all? I mainly would like to improve native AVCHD editing I didnt know if Premiere uses the video card for rendering or not. Or is it just for the GPU effects?
Randy Johnson
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As far as I know, the only Adobe application that is using today’s GPUs is Photoshop. But I know of at least one high-end editor that uses the GPU for realtime effects. There’s a lot of processing power in today’s GPUs and it’s mostly just sitting there. Adobe can get some real speed-ups by harnassing it and they’re obviously interested.
So if you are buying a new computer or you’re looking at graphics cards, understand that they may extend the life of your new system. Of course you can always wait and add something really nice later. It’s not like replacing a whole computer.
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
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There are effects in Ppro the use the GPU, not many though. If you want to improve AVCHD encoding get something like GV Firecoder Blu or Matrox CompressHD, I use intermediate codecs like NeoScene or GV HQ(not Ppro) for avchd editing.
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I am not as concerned about Encoding AVCHD as I am decoding now that Premiere lets you edit AVCHD nativly I want to make that as smooth as a experiance as possible. I thought MAYBE Premiere used the video card to get the horsepower to edit AVCHD espcially because theres some products out there now that harness the GPU to accelerate ACVHD editing in Premiere. If they dont thats fine I dont mind going cheap on the video card. When I say cheap I mean a 9800GT.
Randy Johnson
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While Premiere Pro only specifically uses the GPU for the GPU effects, there are plenty of plugins for PPro (Magic Bullet for instance will do real-time preview with a Quadro card) that do use the GPU. After Effects uses the GPU for previews, and Photoshop CS4 uses the GPU as well.
While the GeForce cards are fine, the Quadro cards tend to be less quirky with workstations that integrate with other solutions like AJA, BlackMagic I/O cards. Plus there are a variety of applications that are Quadro aware.
I have no meaningful knowledge of ATI cards…
TimK,
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You can edit native AVCDH in PP CS4 to some extent. You can cut trim and paste with ease usign a cheap 2.66 GHZ Quad Core but you can not add effects. If you do cuts only editing then PP CS4 should work OK with native AVCHD. I am not bragging aout my system. Infact I state that it only costed $600.00. I am using a cheap Nvidia 9400GT and a 2.66 GHZ Quad Core.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhp4NsJFRpU
I hope the link above helps give you and idea of what to expect.
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Hmmm… this thread almost had me convinced to bump down from a $1500 card to a $200 card.
But now I’m wondering again.
I was going to purchase a high-end Nvidia Quadro card like the FX4600 or something, but all I’m really going to be doing is editing RED footage in Premiere. So I was thinking of downgrading to an EVGA GTX-260 or something.
Everything I’ve read had me thinking I wouldn’t need the extra processing power of these incredibly expensive cards (the Quadro’s), but I’m liking the idea of being able to view something like Magic Bullet in real time.
Desicisions, decisions, decisions.
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