Video Card Help

[SteveC]

Ok, I need to buy a similar Video Card to the one I have now, but
better/more RAM/Features.
I have an ATI Rage Fury Pro 128 Composite Video In/Out plus S-Video, 32 MB
SDRAM..

I do a lot of Video Editing, downloading video from my Digital Video Camera
and the Video In works great.

But I'm wondering if a FireWire card would be better?? I dunno??

Just need some advice or suggestions.

Thanks,

Steve

 

[kony]

Ok, I need to buy a similar Video Card to the one I have now, but
better/more RAM/Features.
I have an ATI Rage Fury Pro 128 Composite Video In/Out plus S-Video, 32 MB
SDRAM..

I do a lot of Video Editing, downloading video from my Digital Video Camera
and the Video In works great.

But I'm wondering if a FireWire card would be better?? I dunno??

Just need some advice or suggestions.

Thanks,

Steve

If your Digital Video Camera has a firewire port, yes, firewire is
much better, should be used exclusively since the video card's
analog-in is inevitably degrading quality in addition to requiring
multiple compression and takes longer.

What EXACTLY do you mean by needing more RAM and features? In general
32MB is plenty for video work, so are you looking for a gaming card?


Dave

So the next issue is whether you need the analog I/O on the card for
anything else, or if a separate firewire card is your best
alternative, then any video card without the I/O ports would suffice.