Which card better in a HI End System Radeon X800 or Radeon 1600

[Jeff]

I'm building a hi end system with a quad core cpu and 4 gigs of ram.

Which card could handle the demands of hi def editing better

ATI Radeon X800 PCIE with 256MG/RAM
Or

ATI Radeon X1600PCIE with 512MG/RAM

And why?

Thanks,

jeff

 

[Jeff]

As a follow up to my original post, I know the 800 model has 256mB/ 256Bit
and the 1600 has 512MB/128 bit

Which is better suited for hi def editing and Encoding.

I know too from testing in Vista that the radeon x800 has a better Windows
experience index too


jeff

 

[Augustus]

I'm building a hi end system with a quad core cpu and 4 gigs of ram.

Which card could handle the demands of hi def editing better

ATI Radeon X800 PCIE with 256MG/RAM
Or

ATI Radeon X1600PCIE with 512MG/RAM

I would choose the cheaper of the two. Your needs will be fulfilled by
either. You're not a gamer, and 3D GPU throughput is not an issue for what
you want. Hidef editting is CPU and memory intensive.....not GPU intensive.
Both cards are actually way over what you need for your task.

 

[Jeff]

Thanks for the answer!!!!

I would choose the cheaper of the two. Your needs will be fulfilled by
either. You're not a gamer, and 3D GPU throughput is not an issue for what
you want. Hidef editting is CPU and memory intensive.....not GPU
intensive. Both cards are actually way over what you need for your task.

 

[First of One]

Editing and encoding are primarily constrained by the CPU. The video card
has very little input. The video memory size and interface width matter a
great deal in 3D, but they contribute little to 2D performance. Buy
whichever card is cheaper. Spend the money on a dual-core CPU (or quad core
if the encoding app supports it).

The so-called AVIVO feature on X1K cards amounts to a *software* video
transcoder that is fast, but doesn't deliver the best quality. Lots of
marketing hoopla for nothing.