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17-October-05, 12:12 PM
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| Apex Master Tech  |  Standard or Workstation card? Alright. so i'm building a comp for my friend, and it will primarily be used for video editing with adobe premier. should i get a Radeon or gforce card, or should a go for a GireGL or Quadro FX card? (it will be a general use computer as well as the video editing) and what are some reccomendations for specific cards in the catagory you pick? | |
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17-October-05, 02:42 PM
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| Apex Master Tech | yeah...the price range on this rig is about $3200, but thats for EVERYTHING...i forgot how much other stuff besides mobo/cpu/ram/graphics it takes to build a pc...  and, this pc will use 2 monitors, so sli isnt nessesary, is it? you can just plug one monitor into each card, right? | |
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17-October-05, 03:31 PM
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| Pow - Hoe playa  | for video editing i dont think you need a workstation card since he wont be rendering cad stuff on the card. processing power and ram is the priority for video editing. along with alot of storage like a raid array. id say move funds to the most processing power and ram and maybe a scsi or fiber channel setup. if he's serious a preview video monitor would be good too. | |
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17-October-05, 03:40 PM
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| Apex Master Tech | yeah, thats what i thought...right now im lookin at two X850's (no crossfire needed with 2 displays...) he is not that pro, though. nothing like fibre-channel or the like. i am putting in two 74gb raptors in raid o, and he says that will be sufficient since he doesnt hang onto his stuff that long. btw..hey carbongraphite! you lucky b@51@12[)...you live in renton? i have to drive like half an hour to get to the mecca of nerds that is Fry's electronics...do you go there often? and i love your sig! Rhapsody kicks massive azz!!! EDIT: hehe, it thought my 1337 was a mailto link.... | |
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17-October-05, 04:40 PM
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| Da' Thunda' From Down Unda'  | 
You'll only need 1 graphics card (the X850 will power 2 monitors fine displaying a single desktop across both monitors - plenty of room for the preview window, bins, timeline etc) Definately go for tons of RAM and a quick, hyperthreaded (or dual core) CPU though - that'll help heaps with premiere also, if you can get a largeish drive for storage I'd recommend it regardless (It's SO easy for data to pile up real quick these days  ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17-October-05, 05:14 PM
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| PCApex Reviewer From Hell  | $3200 budget. You can afford to build one simular to mine no problem. I've got $1800 in my new upgrade. AMD64 X2 4800, Abit Fatality AN8-SLI, XFX 7800GTX and 1GB PC3200 XMS Xpert. I only bought 1 7800GTX but you'd still have $1400 to spend on a case, drives & P/S. You could spend the xtra on a 2nd 7800GTX or a new Big Monitor. I picked up a new 21" Viewsonic Graphics Series G220fb from newegg about 6 months for $460 w/ shipping. The 7800 will support 2 monitors also. | |
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17-October-05, 05:21 PM
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| Apex Master Tech | great reccomendations guys. yeah, i think i'll go for one graphics card, but make it either an x850 PE or maybe a x1800. (giggidy giggidy giggidy!) I'm buying him my monitor setup, two 19" samsung syncmasters. they really look nice, both astheticly and picture-wise. i was already planning on the Athalon X2, so i'll be able to go up a few steps in the series...and maybe go for more hdd space (a large, slower bulk storage drive) | |
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17-October-05, 05:34 PM
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| PCApex Reviewer From Hell | I've got a 19" Samsung at my office. It's has a real sweet picture. AutoCad (home design) at 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz and my eyes are never strained. I also picked up (2) 250GB Maxtor Maxline III SATA 16mb cache drives w/ 5 yr warranty for $105 apiece w/ shipping @ newegg for my HTPC project. I set them up in a Raid0 array. There smoking fast and quiet. | |
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17-October-05, 10:29 PM
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| Pow - Hoe playa | well since im in my dorm now which is in seattle across from swedish i can only go to frys on special occasions now i did feel the need to go despite not needing anything. is that withdrawl? ah ha ha but yeah i went there i guess every week or more.im glad someone recognized my rhapsody quote! when i play their songs for people they think it's some kind of joke. their music is good when i'm working on my chainmail (armor) | |
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18-October-05, 12:36 AM
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| Apex Master Tech |  yeah...frys is totally addictive. the IT guy where my mom works had never been there, so i encourged him to go...he spent three hours there his first visit. (it can be a little overwhelming for a first timer.) i actually used them two months ago because their price actually (brace yourself) BEAT teh uber 1337 neweggs on 36 gig raptors. i know, i was shocked too. i got two 36 gig raptors for $140!! heck yes, rhapsody is amazing! their lyrics are a little cheezy (dragons, wizards, etc...) but i love the symphonic metal! | |
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