Video Card Question
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January 11, 2006 at 6:53 AM #36720
Anonymous
InactiveRecently purchased an HP Athlon 64 3700+, 1GB ram, 200 GB HD with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 on board graphics card. I will be editing with Premiere Pro, After Effects 6…possibly Avid Express Pro and Zaxwerks Invigorator ($ depending).
The question…I’ve grown so used to using the dual monitor setup at work that I want to do this at home as well. I want something that will complement my system but not cost an arm and a leg. At the minimun, I know that I need another video card to allow an for dual input and it must be PCI Express.
I’m overwhelmed by the choices out there. Brand, memory, inputs? Will certain card work better with Athlon? with Premiere? Should I buy a cheap dual input card or a pretty good single input card?
Lastly, if I want to hook up a tv to view my timelines is it as simple as plugging it into the s-video output of the card?
A lot of questions, I know.
thanks in advance,
Chris
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January 25, 2006 at 3:17 AM #163155
Jackal
ParticipantI have a Matrox APVe card. It will allow 2 monitors and a TV out. 128mb of RAM. That could have been a bit more.
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January 26, 2006 at 6:43 AM #163156
Videoman
ParticipantI have Nvidia GeForce4 TI 4800 Duel head 128 MB and it works with Adobe Premiere, Edition and Studio9 plus .
Works well with CRT and LCD screens
Never had the desire to use s Video out.Looking at the software set up I’d say I’d have to sacrafice monitor 2 to enable S video out.
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January 26, 2006 at 11:49 AM #163157
Endeavor
ParticipantHey guys, you can use a camera as the s-video out. That’s what I do (even though I have s out on my card). Just plug in with firewire and output the vid from the camera.
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February 1, 2006 at 7:13 AM #163158
Anonymous
InactiveIs it possible to accomplish the same thing with 2 video cards, i.e. using two monitors without having a dual card? If so, any special settings I should be aware of? (I’m running Win XP Pro)
Thanks!
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February 1, 2006 at 7:35 AM #163159
Endeavor
ParticipantNope. You can have your pc monitor and an NTSC monitor with the s-video but if you want dual monitor support, you need a dual monitor card or 2 cards.
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February 1, 2006 at 2:16 PM #163160
Anonymous
InactiveSorry, I’m confused. I can run 2 monitors using 2 video cards?
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February 1, 2006 at 3:48 PM #163161
Endeavor
ParticipantThat’s right. I’ve never done it though so not sure how to set it up.
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February 2, 2006 at 7:45 AM #163162
Anonymous
InactiveWell, I guess I could just have made a Google search… Found this link that claims that it’s possible depending on the video card. Not the most extensive guide, but enough of an incentive for me to play around with it.
http://www.g4tv.com/callforhelparchive/features/14382/Dual_Monitors.html
Another question for the pros: My monitors are not the same size. How will this affect my set up? Will it make a difference? I wanted to simply have my preview window in my 2nd monitor (a 14″ LCD) and the rest of the program in my regular 19″ LCD. I’m running Pinnacle 9.4.3, soon upgrading to 10.
Thanks!
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