how important is the graphics card for a DVD burner?

[soimcrazy]

does it matter what graphics card you have for your DVD +/- writer to perform at its best?

Would one of these be sufficient?
nVidia, Quadro NVS 280, 64MB, dual monitor VGA capable
nVidia, Quadro NVS 280, 64MB, dual monitor DVI or VGA capable

[ZippyP.]

Your video card has nothing to do with writing to your DVD. However, a slow card can slow your sytem down if you're doing other things at the same time. Just don't do anything while you're burning and you can use just about any video card.

[soimcrazy]

is there anything that could help the DVD writer perform better? more ram maybe?

[unclebud]

Are you burning coasters?

If not, enjoy.

[soimcrazy]

coasters?

what do you mean??

I'll be burning movies

[MachineMan]

coasters?

Coasters meaning dead DVD's discs. https://www.videohelp.com/glossary

I also have a question about graphics card. Will an old graphics card hinder video rendering or encodeing speed? I tend to think it won't but will only effect playback?????? I don't care about watching movies or gameing on my PC. Im wondering becuase Im thinking of upgradeing my system for but not sure if I should get a newer graphics card.

[Cataphract]

My machine also has only 8 Mb Video RAM, when I went to buy the Pioneer A06, on the box under system req's it listed 16 MB Video RAM as a requirement.

So should I not buy that drive? Will it not run on my machine at all? Or is it more like a recommendation from the Mfg to save their behinds, in case something goes wrong for people who have less VRAM.

[redwudz]

I think they are advising you if you want the best preformance watching DVD's on your computer, then you need that much video ram. Your video card should have no effect on your DVD burner. It's just a general recommendation.

Rendering and encoding are mostly CPU and memory dependent for speed. Some graphics cards use system memory and this could possibly affect rendering. Of course, this can be fixed by a better video card or more system memory.

[ZippyP.]

Encoding is all about CPU speed. As long as you have a minimum amount of ram and some sort of video card and you're not doing anything at the same time, then the CPU speed is what controls the encoding time. Some people think that doing other things on the computer can affect the quality of the video during encoding. It does slow down the process but it should not affect the quality of the output in the least.