quadro fx 4800

[Andrew Mckee]

No, a computer graphics card will never give you a true TV signal for colour correction.

Yes, the Quaddro should speed up renders and increase realtime playback of effects (although I’m uncertain if its accessing the CUDAness of the card like some other software does).

Andrew McKee
Editor/Colourist
Avid Certified Instructor – MC5.5
Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
Pixelwizard.net

[Craig Alan]

Thanks. I figured DVI is for a computer image. I think there’s a version of the quadro fx 4800 that has sdi out. Would that do the trick?

OSX 10.5.8; MacBookPro4,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz MacPro4,1 2.66GHz 8 core 12gigs of ram. GPU: Nvidia Geoforce GT120 with Vram 512. OS X 10.6.x; Camcorders: Sony Z7U, Canon HV30/40, Sony vx2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.

[Andrew Mckee]

No. Its not a matter of the connection. Its the signal thats the problem. To get a video signal out of Avid you need either

1) A Matrox MXO2 Mini
2) An AJA I/O Express
3) An Avid Mojo
4) An Avid Adrenaline
5) An Avid Nitris

They go from cheapest to most expensive. Matrox only works on V5 and up. AJA works only on V5.5.

Andrew McKee
Editor/Colourist
Avid Certified Instructor – MC5.5
Apple Certified Trainer – FCP7
Pixelwizard.net

[Craig Alan]

Thanks Andrew. Is it worth installing over the nvidia geforce GT120 that is already in the mac pro? The quadro I found in my new school lab and thought it may or may not be worth a try.

OSX 10.5.8; MacBookPro4,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz MacPro4,1 2.66GHz 8 core 12gigs of ram. GPU: Nvidia Geoforce GT120 with Vram 512. OS X 10.6.x; Camcorders: Sony Z7U, Canon HV30/40, Sony vx2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.