• VEGAS Pro

  GPU Recommendation?

  Posted by Jeff Sabol on August 7, 2009 at 7:02 pm

  All:

  Which graphics card would be better for HD video editing using Vegas Pro 9:

  1. Nvidia Quadro FX 1800, or
  2. Nvidia GeForce 275

  CPU is Intel Core i7 920. (My camera is PMW-EX1 so format is XDCAM EX).

  Thank you, in advance.

  Jeff

  Stephen Mann replied 17 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Rofrano

  August 7, 2009 at 11:18 pm

  Neither. Vegas doesn’t take advantage of the GPU so get a $49 graphics card and it will be just as good. Unless you have other applications that can take advantage of those cards you are wasting your money. I’m serious, I have an nVidia Geforce 8600GT ($49.99 at NewEgg.com) and it works perfectly fine.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com
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  Stephen Mann

  August 8, 2009 at 6:52 pm

  As John said, GPU don’t matter. But I recommend a dual display card, even if you only have one display now.

  Once you’ve edited with two monitors, you will never go back to one.

  Steve Mann
  MannMade Digital Video
  http://www.mmdv.com

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