Is this a good NVIDIA card for Premiere?

[Aanarav Sareen]

Premiere Pro prefers the ULTRA version. And yes, there is a difference between the cards. However, since you have spent so much $$, why not take a look at the 7800. A little more expensive, but MUCH faster.

[Tim Kolb]

…or even consider a pro-level card like the QuadroFX 1500 with video out and better interface speed than even the fastest consumer card.

TimK,

Kolb Productions,
Creative Cow Host,
Author/Trainer
http://www.focalpress.com
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[Peter Corbett]

Based on Tim’s recommendation in an earlier thread, I just got a Quadro FX 4500 on eBay for $660.00 which hopefully make things a little faster for me on Premiere. I’ve also used 7800GTX’s and 7900GT’s with good results

Peter Corbett
Powerhouse Productions
Australia
http://www.php.com.au

[Xavier De champs]

How do the professional graphics card speedup premiere (ATI V7200 and Quadro series)? Except when using

[Joe Piazzo]

kovboy, that is the eternal question. Video cards in a NLE, 2D/3D (non-game) system have aways been a mystery to me. The other stuff, lots of fast storage, fast cpu, as much ram as you can afford always made sense to me when running say After Effects – but what parts of a video card are actually used by say Premire, AF, or even say Maya is hard information to come by.

For instance, the card I mentioned seems to differ from the approved Adobe Ultra edition in a few areas – number of pixel pipes / core and memory speed? Gee, are these programs THAT dependent on the Video Card and slight spec details (some of which could even be resolved by OC).

I have never really even heard a good answer as to how much video ram is really utilized by these programs, 128, 256, 512??

As for the pro cards I often read from game people that they are almost the same as the high-end consumer struff except for different certified drivers and such – but certified to do what?

My goal has always been to get a smooth and stable timeline that does not hinder normal editing work pace. A little rendering time never bothered me – but sluggish icons and stuttering audio scrubs drive me nuts!

JP

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[jpiazzo] “My goal has always been to get a smooth and stable timeline that does not hinder normal editing work pace. A little rendering time never bothered me – but sluggish icons and stuttering audio scrubs drive me nuts!”

Spend your money on a faster processor if thats what you want, there are only a few Effects and Transitions that use GPU processing, you can find them in the Effects folder under GPU Effects and the Transitions in the like folders, if you aren’t into gaming or animated high-end graphics, most mid-range video recommended cards will suffice.