graphic cards for video editing …

[Tim Kurkoski]

Video (graphics) cards won’t help with rendering. For Premiere’s purpose, any reasonably powerful and recently produced card should work fine. (Personally, I’m favoring Nvidia these days, something in the 6000 series generally. Check sites like TomsHardware.com and SharkyExtreme.com for reviews on performance.) Other programs like After Effects and Photoshop are a bit pickier.

[Nik Crosina]

thanks Tim,
found out that only cards like the matrox will help in the rendering, isn’t it,

nik

[Tim Kurkoski]

Oh, you mean a video capture card. Yes, Matrox makes a couple of cards that will speed up rendering when you use their built-in effects. But consider whether or not you really need such a card. They’re expensive, and Premiere can handle a resonable amount of effects for real-time playback on a fast computer. You may be better off putting the money into a faster overall computer than a specific card.