Does Sony Vegas Pro 8 need a great graphics card? Does it use a cards GPU to assist in rendering? Or will my 256mb Nvidia card suffice?
Thanks!
What kind of graphics card do I need to make Sony Vegas Pro 8 work better?
you don't need a graphic card at all. a 256mb VGA card will support every ting you need. if you want to make Sony Vegas rendering faster, you need change your CPU. video editing applications need a lot of CPU.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Do graphics cards go by region?
Do graphics cards go by region, as in, if you buy a graphics card from an American site, would it work in Europe?
Do graphics cards go by region?
Hello..As far as I know DVD drives are the only hardware that is regional, for copyright purposes..hope this helps
Reply:Graphics card to the best of my knowledge are not region specific.
If your card has HDMI, I can not be 100% positive. If you have no HDMI, then I am 100% positive it is not region dependant.
You might be worried that different regions have different AC input, but remember the power supply will convert the input to 12VDC.
Reply:No they are universal. Will work in any part of the world.
Do graphics cards go by region?
Hello..As far as I know DVD drives are the only hardware that is regional, for copyright purposes..hope this helps
Reply:Graphics card to the best of my knowledge are not region specific.
If your card has HDMI, I can not be 100% positive. If you have no HDMI, then I am 100% positive it is not region dependant.
You might be worried that different regions have different AC input, but remember the power supply will convert the input to 12VDC.
Reply:No they are universal. Will work in any part of the world.
What ATI graphics cards can i play crysis wih on good settings.?
just want to play crysis in its full glory without crossfire if thats possible. what ATI grpahics card would i need. also what power supply would you guys recomend.
Thanks
What ATI graphics cards can i play crysis wih on good settings.?
The HD38x0 series, or NVIDIA's 8800GT.
A Corsair HX-520 will power a non-SLI/Crossfire system running a high-end graphics card fine.
You should note that Crysis is a *very* graphics-intensive game, and even the most high-end graphics cards will struggle on high settings.
Unlike the other posters, the 8800 series *can* play Crysis in it's highest settings combined with a multi-core processor and quality memory, although the FPS will fall below 20 in extreme cases (on higher resolutions) without an SLI setup.
Reply:the 3870 card is the best one they do at the moment. with a decent cpu and 2gb ram you will be able play it on high settings at full resolution. dont recommend very high though. as for a psu, 500w min really. sounds like you're upgrading. if so i would defiantly say get an 8800 series card for crysis tho.
Reply:Crysis is a very demanding game and there is no video card that can play it in all it's glory. As for the best ATi card, that would be the HD 3870. It is a x2900 with a smaller ram bus and requiring less power.
The minimum requirement for a 3870 is 450W, but I would recommend a 550W at least.
Reply:LOL your kidding right? Oh your not. Well you need 2 NVIDIA GeForce 8800s, 2 GB of RAM, a Quad core processor, and a really cool room. Ya no joke dude. Oh and dont forget the monitor. Make sure it can handle the FPS. ATI wont cut it. Look at Newegg.com for graphics cards.
Reply:Currently no graphics card(s) can play Crysis on it's full settings, the best ATi graphics card you can is the radeon 3870, you should be able to play it on mid settings at least. If you were to crossfire you'd see some improvement, but still not enough to play Crysis on it's full settings.
At the guys saying go Nvidia, the 8800gt is better than the radeon 3870, but even two 8800 ultras in SLI can't play Crysis on full settings, so yeah. I would go Nvidia though because you'd still be able to play it on higher settings than with ATi.
Reply:System Requirements
Thanks
What ATI graphics cards can i play crysis wih on good settings.?
The HD38x0 series, or NVIDIA's 8800GT.
A Corsair HX-520 will power a non-SLI/Crossfire system running a high-end graphics card fine.
You should note that Crysis is a *very* graphics-intensive game, and even the most high-end graphics cards will struggle on high settings.
Unlike the other posters, the 8800 series *can* play Crysis in it's highest settings combined with a multi-core processor and quality memory, although the FPS will fall below 20 in extreme cases (on higher resolutions) without an SLI setup.
Reply:the 3870 card is the best one they do at the moment. with a decent cpu and 2gb ram you will be able play it on high settings at full resolution. dont recommend very high though. as for a psu, 500w min really. sounds like you're upgrading. if so i would defiantly say get an 8800 series card for crysis tho.
Reply:Crysis is a very demanding game and there is no video card that can play it in all it's glory. As for the best ATi card, that would be the HD 3870. It is a x2900 with a smaller ram bus and requiring less power.
The minimum requirement for a 3870 is 450W, but I would recommend a 550W at least.
Reply:LOL your kidding right? Oh your not. Well you need 2 NVIDIA GeForce 8800s, 2 GB of RAM, a Quad core processor, and a really cool room. Ya no joke dude. Oh and dont forget the monitor. Make sure it can handle the FPS. ATI wont cut it. Look at Newegg.com for graphics cards.
Reply:Currently no graphics card(s) can play Crysis on it's full settings, the best ATi graphics card you can is the radeon 3870, you should be able to play it on mid settings at least. If you were to crossfire you'd see some improvement, but still not enough to play Crysis on it's full settings.
At the guys saying go Nvidia, the 8800gt is better than the radeon 3870, but even two 8800 ultras in SLI can't play Crysis on full settings, so yeah. I would go Nvidia though because you'd still be able to play it on higher settings than with ATi.
Reply:System Requirements
What would be the best graphics card for me to get for my systemax computer model snc302eeh?
I would like to buy a new graphics card for games like Fable: The Lost Chapters. I've looked into NVIDIA and ATI, but I'm pretty sure my computer doesn't have a PCI-Express port. I looked and it just said "PCI Bus". Is that also compatible with AGP graphics cards? Anyway, I just need to know the best possible graphics card for my computer. Thank you for your help!
What would be the best graphics card for me to get for my systemax computer model snc302eeh?
There really aren't any good graphics cards available for the old PCI interface. Your motherboard will need either an AGP or PCI-Express slot in order to use any decent video card.
The best AGP card available is the Radeon 3850. The Radeon 2600XT and GeForce 7900GS are also good AGP cards which cost a little less.
The links below detail the differences betweem AGP and PCI-Express. Video slots are the furthest slot to the left, next to your regular PCI slots. Here's a picture of an AGP slot: http://www.planet3dnow.de/artikel/hardwa...
Remove the cover and look inside your computer case to see what you've got.
safety boots
What would be the best graphics card for me to get for my systemax computer model snc302eeh?
There really aren't any good graphics cards available for the old PCI interface. Your motherboard will need either an AGP or PCI-Express slot in order to use any decent video card.
The best AGP card available is the Radeon 3850. The Radeon 2600XT and GeForce 7900GS are also good AGP cards which cost a little less.
The links below detail the differences betweem AGP and PCI-Express. Video slots are the furthest slot to the left, next to your regular PCI slots. Here's a picture of an AGP slot: http://www.planet3dnow.de/artikel/hardwa...
Remove the cover and look inside your computer case to see what you've got.
safety boots
I've got a Dell Dimension 4700c, which uses half-high graphics cards. How should I upgrade the card to 128MB?
I think you cant fit anything bigger then a FX5200 or FX5500 (PCI)
And that wont do any justice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...
And that wont do any justice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...
2 PNY GeForce 6800GT Graphics Cards in SLI, how do I get them to work?
Right now I'm running the original drivers that came in the box with my cards. When I enable/disable SLI, there is absolutely no difference in my FPS while playing two different graphics intensive games. When I try to download the latest drivers for SLI, I get an error message stating "The NVIDIA Setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit." When I install just the regular NVIDIA drivers I run fine until I enable SLI, then freeze as soon as I start a game. Can anyone help?
MoBo: Asus A8N-SLI
Proc: AMD Atholon 64 3500+
RAM: 2 Gigs
2 PNY GeForce 6800GT Graphics Cards in SLI, how do I get them to work?
Make sure that SLI is enabled in the BIOS. Do you have the A8N that uses the card to switch SLI or is it in the BIOS? They made two models. Make sure that the card/BIOS is set to SLI mode.
Make sure that the BIOS of both of your graphics cards are the same. The later drivers make it so you don't need the same revision, but its always less problematic if you have the same BIOS revision on both cards. Make sure that the SLI bridge is seated correctly. Uninstall the drivers for your existing cards. You can just force generic video card drivers on them in device manager, reboot, then load the latest nVidia drivers. Then with the new drivers, go to the nvidia control panel app, and enable SLI. Good luck, sometimes it takes some work to get it working, but it is SO worth it!
Reply:Well you see you cant just install 2 6800s theres steps to take. First locate the spot in between your pci-E X16 slots and theres a bridge pullout the the sli bridge thing carfully and change it to sli mode. then put in both card then put the connector on top of them then turn it on then when you get into windoes right click and open the nvidia control panel and cli "SLI-MULTI GPU" then enable and restart i did that with my 7600s with no prblem sli is way better!
MoBo: Asus A8N-SLI
Proc: AMD Atholon 64 3500+
RAM: 2 Gigs
2 PNY GeForce 6800GT Graphics Cards in SLI, how do I get them to work?
Make sure that SLI is enabled in the BIOS. Do you have the A8N that uses the card to switch SLI or is it in the BIOS? They made two models. Make sure that the card/BIOS is set to SLI mode.
Make sure that the BIOS of both of your graphics cards are the same. The later drivers make it so you don't need the same revision, but its always less problematic if you have the same BIOS revision on both cards. Make sure that the SLI bridge is seated correctly. Uninstall the drivers for your existing cards. You can just force generic video card drivers on them in device manager, reboot, then load the latest nVidia drivers. Then with the new drivers, go to the nvidia control panel app, and enable SLI. Good luck, sometimes it takes some work to get it working, but it is SO worth it!
Reply:Well you see you cant just install 2 6800s theres steps to take. First locate the spot in between your pci-E X16 slots and theres a bridge pullout the the sli bridge thing carfully and change it to sli mode. then put in both card then put the connector on top of them then turn it on then when you get into windoes right click and open the nvidia control panel and cli "SLI-MULTI GPU" then enable and restart i did that with my 7600s with no prblem sli is way better!
How can I tell which Graphics Card is best for me?
I am looking for a new Graphics Card to restore my old computer. I am looking for a NVidia GeForce. My OS is XP Pro and I am looking to play games such as Counter Strike: Source, Half Life and Garry's Mod. There are so many types of Graphics Cards, that it confuses me. I own a Desktop with 512MB RAM. Can you suggest a decent Graphics Card that would work with my computer. Please backup your answers. Many thanks.
How can I tell which Graphics Card is best for me?
To be honest, any 6 series upwards is good for Source games.
If you have the money, get an 8800GT.
Reply:Without saying which computer you have, no-one can give an answer of one that will work.
The Nvidia 8800 range of cards are good.
Reply:well i'm running a system that is about 4 years old now and i have a ati x800. its a agp and it runs all the games i've had and is still going strong. you can pick them up quite cheap now but you really need more ram. it helps alot when playing games.
Reply:nvidia just released 9600 gt
its best for gaming if you are on a budget
it'll just rock up crysis
but with 512mb ram i doubt u will be able to play games at any decent detail or frame rates
upgrade to 2 gb ram at leat and get a core 2 duo processor if u haven't got one yet
with all that u'll just fire up any game at present!!!!!!!!
HAPPY GAMING
Reply:Really depends on your system. If your motherboard can take a PCI-E then the Sky's the limit, but if it only takes a AGP 4X/8X then you're limited. Although some companies are still making AGP type cards but very few. PCI-E is the new format. For helpful tips try going to: www.tomshardware.com they have many comparisons between AGP and PCI-E cards. They even have a best bang for buck section whether on a budget or just broke the piggy bank. Never buy lite versions or LE editions they run at a slower clock speeds. For shopping comparisons try www.mwave.com, www.newegg.com or www.pricewatch.com. Some decent cards are nvidia GeForce 7 series 7600GT, 7800GT, 7900GT, GTX. GeForce 8 series 8600GT. Avoid 7300, 8400, 8500 they suck and not worth the money.
Reply:First you have to find out what type of video card slot your motherboard has. There are three options: PCI, AGP and PCI express. Every computer has PCI slots but if that is all you have then you are out of luck as PCI video card are terrible.
(Backup statement: Max information through card slot: PCI 133MB/sec, AGP 1024MB/sec, PCI express 2048GB/sec.....PCI is 16x slower than new standard).
When choosing a video card its important to get a recent model card to ensure that it is compatible with games. For geeks that means looking at its direct X and pixel shader version. For non geeks it means looking at the model numbers. The 'current' model numbers for Nvidia are the 7000 and 8000 series and for ATI is is the X1xxx, HD2xxx and HD 3xxx series (like X1600, HD 2400, HD 3450 etc)
The ATI Xxxx series (like X800 etc) is getting dated but still useful and the Nvidia 6000 series is also dated but still useful.
When looking at models in a similar line the second number is their relative speed in line (think of rating the card on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is terrible and 10 is really awesome).
So in the newest ATI line an ATI 3450 is '3' for 3rd generation (the newest) and '4 of 10' so a little under midrange.
In the Nvidia line an Nvidia 8400 is '8' for 8th generation (their newest) and again '4 of 10' so a little under midrange.
If someone tried to sell you an Nvidia maddog 4200 you would know that it is 4th generation (really old) and '2 of 10' really slow....so not worth your time.
So a lot of backup to give some recommendations:
As the other poster said the Nvidia 7800's, 7900's, 8800's are all awesome cards (7th and 8th generation and top end) but they are expensive.
If your card slot if AGP I would look at either an Nvidia 7600 (no 8 series cards for AGP) or an ATI Radeon 2600 (no 3 series cards for AGP). Both are strong midrange cards and newer generation cards so will not have trouble playing games.
If your card slot is PCI express I would look at an ATI Radeon 3650 (strong midrange card) or Nvidia 9600. Yeah, I didn't mention the 9 series Nvidia before because it just came out three days ago. Most video stores won't even know about it yet however it is absolute latest generation card (still only gets a 6 of 10 as they are planning faster ones later.....but is still very quick for games)
Sorry for being longwinded but now you know :)
How can I tell which Graphics Card is best for me?
To be honest, any 6 series upwards is good for Source games.
If you have the money, get an 8800GT.
Reply:Without saying which computer you have, no-one can give an answer of one that will work.
The Nvidia 8800 range of cards are good.
Reply:well i'm running a system that is about 4 years old now and i have a ati x800. its a agp and it runs all the games i've had and is still going strong. you can pick them up quite cheap now but you really need more ram. it helps alot when playing games.
Reply:nvidia just released 9600 gt
its best for gaming if you are on a budget
it'll just rock up crysis
but with 512mb ram i doubt u will be able to play games at any decent detail or frame rates
upgrade to 2 gb ram at leat and get a core 2 duo processor if u haven't got one yet
with all that u'll just fire up any game at present!!!!!!!!
HAPPY GAMING
Reply:Really depends on your system. If your motherboard can take a PCI-E then the Sky's the limit, but if it only takes a AGP 4X/8X then you're limited. Although some companies are still making AGP type cards but very few. PCI-E is the new format. For helpful tips try going to: www.tomshardware.com they have many comparisons between AGP and PCI-E cards. They even have a best bang for buck section whether on a budget or just broke the piggy bank. Never buy lite versions or LE editions they run at a slower clock speeds. For shopping comparisons try www.mwave.com, www.newegg.com or www.pricewatch.com. Some decent cards are nvidia GeForce 7 series 7600GT, 7800GT, 7900GT, GTX. GeForce 8 series 8600GT. Avoid 7300, 8400, 8500 they suck and not worth the money.
Reply:First you have to find out what type of video card slot your motherboard has. There are three options: PCI, AGP and PCI express. Every computer has PCI slots but if that is all you have then you are out of luck as PCI video card are terrible.
(Backup statement: Max information through card slot: PCI 133MB/sec, AGP 1024MB/sec, PCI express 2048GB/sec.....PCI is 16x slower than new standard).
When choosing a video card its important to get a recent model card to ensure that it is compatible with games. For geeks that means looking at its direct X and pixel shader version. For non geeks it means looking at the model numbers. The 'current' model numbers for Nvidia are the 7000 and 8000 series and for ATI is is the X1xxx, HD2xxx and HD 3xxx series (like X1600, HD 2400, HD 3450 etc)
The ATI Xxxx series (like X800 etc) is getting dated but still useful and the Nvidia 6000 series is also dated but still useful.
When looking at models in a similar line the second number is their relative speed in line (think of rating the card on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is terrible and 10 is really awesome).
So in the newest ATI line an ATI 3450 is '3' for 3rd generation (the newest) and '4 of 10' so a little under midrange.
In the Nvidia line an Nvidia 8400 is '8' for 8th generation (their newest) and again '4 of 10' so a little under midrange.
If someone tried to sell you an Nvidia maddog 4200 you would know that it is 4th generation (really old) and '2 of 10' really slow....so not worth your time.
So a lot of backup to give some recommendations:
As the other poster said the Nvidia 7800's, 7900's, 8800's are all awesome cards (7th and 8th generation and top end) but they are expensive.
If your card slot if AGP I would look at either an Nvidia 7600 (no 8 series cards for AGP) or an ATI Radeon 2600 (no 3 series cards for AGP). Both are strong midrange cards and newer generation cards so will not have trouble playing games.
If your card slot is PCI express I would look at an ATI Radeon 3650 (strong midrange card) or Nvidia 9600. Yeah, I didn't mention the 9 series Nvidia before because it just came out three days ago. Most video stores won't even know about it yet however it is absolute latest generation card (still only gets a 6 of 10 as they are planning faster ones later.....but is still very quick for games)
Sorry for being longwinded but now you know :)
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