Is UMA grahics OK?

[bluetreetop]

Looking to buy a PC which may be used to do some basic video editing.

Is is necessary to have a specifi graphic card with onboard memory or will
we be OK with UMA that can use up to 256MB.

The PC we are considering is the HP T3529 2gigs RAM and onboard ATI Radeon
XPRESS 200.

Don't want to spend £400 then find that it grinds to a halt as soon as we
try our hand at video editing.

Thanks in anticipation of any advice.

 

[Sleepy]

Looking to buy a PC which may be used to do some basic video editing.

Is is necessary to have a specifi graphic card with onboard memory or will
we be OK with UMA that can use up to 256MB.

The PC we are considering is the HP T3529 2gigs RAM and onboard ATI Radeon
XPRESS 200.

Don't want to spend £400 then find that it grinds to a halt as soon as we
try our hand at video editing.

Thanks in anticipation of any advice.

That'll be fine for that application - CPU power and plenty of RAM is the
important thing for Video editing. Make sure the motherboard has a
PCI-Express slot though - for adding a better graphics card at a later date
if your needs change - that graphics chip is no good for games for example
.....

 

[kony]

Looking to buy a PC which may be used to do some basic video editing.

Is is necessary to have a specifi graphic card with onboard memory or will
we be OK with UMA that can use up to 256MB.

Not "necessary" but integrated video is slower... not only
at gaming, but it eats up a little of the total memory
bandwidth available to other things.

The PC we are considering is the HP T3529 2gigs RAM and onboard ATI Radeon
XPRESS 200.

On a low-end system, integrated video is a reasonable way to
cut costs. Since above system already has 2GB memory, it
seems not so low-end, probably a reasonably expensive CPU
too? In this case, it is more appropriate to get at least a
low-midrange video card, not the cheapest thing out there
(which may have limitations later) but $200 is not necessary
either.

Don't want to spend £400 then find that it grinds to a halt as soon as we
try our hand at video editing.

Video editing itself doesn't directly require a good video
card, but one will make the system better balanced, slightly
faster at things that use a lot of memory bandwidth like
video editing, and may help with hardware accelerated
playback of MPEG also, in addition to providing video I/O
ports making it a more versatile video editing system.

 

[Rod Speed]

Not "necessary" but integrated video is slower...
not only at gaming, but it eats up a little of the
total memory bandwidth available to other things.

And with this particular system, its got plenty of memory.

On a low-end system, integrated video is a reasonable way to
cut costs. Since above system already has 2GB memory, it
seems not so low-end, probably a reasonably expensive CPU
too? In this case, it is more appropriate to get at least a
low-midrange video card, not the cheapest thing out there
(which may have limitations later) but $200 is not necessary either.

Mindlessly silly if one can be added later if its actually required.

Video editing itself doesn't directly require a good video
card, but one will make the system better balanced,

Wota wanker.

slightly faster at things that use a lot of
memory bandwidth like video editing,

Wrong again.

and may help with hardware accelerated playback of MPEG also,
Nope.

in addition to providing video I/O ports making
it a more versatile video editing system.

Pathetic, really.

 

[DaveW]

ANY onboard video chip is going to be MUCH to slow and underpowered to do
video editting. You need a high powered dedicated video card installed for
video editting.

 

[kony]

And with this particular system, its got plenty of memory.

I didn't write quantity, I wrote (available) bandwidth.
It could be that the particular jobs the OP does, are not
(will not be) bottlenecked by the memory much, or at all,
but it should still be considered.

Mindlessly silly if one can be added later if its actually required.

What can't be added later? "Required" is often arbitrary,
the 2GB of memory isn't required either, nor a fast HDD or
anything else that will make it a better video editing
station.

Wota wanker.

Do you put leather seats in a Chevy Cavalier too?

Wrong again.

Thanks for trolling by?

Nope.

Do you still pretend to do video editing/playback?

Pathetic, really.

.... that you spend so much time trolling to have never
noticed video cards have little sockets on the back for
*mysterious* purposes?

 

[Rod Speed]

I didn't write quantity, I wrote (available) bandwidth.

Still completely mindless.

It could be that the particular jobs the OP does, are not
(will not be) bottlenecked by the memory much, or at all,
but it should still be considered.
Nope.

What can't be added later?

An AGP or PCIe video card if it has no AGP or PCIe slot.

"Required" is often arbitrary, the 2GB of memory
isn't required either, nor a fast HDD or anything
else that will make it a better video editing station.

You'll end up blind if you dont watch out.

Do you put leather seats in a Chevy Cavalier too?

I might if I used it much and prefer the comfort.

Thanks for trolling by?

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.

Do you still pretend to do video editing/playback?

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.

... that you spend so much time trolling to have never
noticed video cards have little sockets on the back for
*mysterious* purposes?

Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.

 

[Andrew Kenneth Knoll]

My take on the situation is, don't go for UMA graphics, get a dedicated
graphics card. UMA graphics are no good for demanding applications or games.

 

[Rod Speed]

My take on the situation is, don't go for UMA graphics, get a dedicated graphics card. UMA
graphics are no good for demanding applications or games.

He doesnt have any demanding applications or demanding games.

 

[Rod Speed]

ANY onboard video chip is going to be MUCH to slow and underpowered to do video editting.

Wrong, as always.

You need a high powered dedicated video card installed for video editting.

Wrong, as always.