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nVidia Quadro FX — which one?
I have been doing NLE for about 15 years … long enough to have LOTS of scars from poorly performance, unreliable hardware rigs. Editing on today’s PCs is so much better!
I am upgrading my desktop to a new Dell XPS 9000 and need some advice on the graphics card. The specs on the Dell are:
Intel Core i7-920 processor
12 GB RAM
Dual 30″ 2560 x 1600 monitorsI use Adobe CS4 Professional Master Suite. The applications I use heavily are:
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Soundbooth
Photoshop
Illustrator
Bridge
Media EncoderAfter searching the Creative Cow site it seems like the nVidia Quadro FX would be a good choice. But, which one? The four that will support by system (dual monitor, dual-DVI adapter) are:
FX 5800 ($2,100)
FX 5600 ($1,000)
FX 4600 ($ 600)
FX 3700 ($ 375)I can see the specs online, but I have no idea which specs matter. I am leery of the FX 5800 … at 188 watts I half expect it to burst into flames! The FX 4600 seems like it might be the sweet spot)
Comments? Suggestions?
Neil Myers
Connect Public Relations
CS4 Master Suite, 3DS -
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I have PP 4.2.1, Win 7 x64, 32 GB ram, dual Quad core Xeon PC with an nvidia FX4600. Everything runs fine.
The FX4600 is not currently supported when CS5 with the MPE comes out later this year (although I think it will work).
Keep that in mind.
John Mastrogiacomo
Spectra Video
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