graphic cards and encoding speeds

[dowa]

Hi,

I would like to ask ,
does graphic cards have any speed effect on encoding videos?
like encoding with ulead dvd workshop or dvd shrink lets say if you have a good fast graphic card , does it help speed up the encodin?

I'm asking this because i have an old ati rage fury pro , and i want to by ati radeon 9600 pro , will I get more performance out of it?

thank you.

[BJ_M]

none at all

[edDV]

Basic 2D features are all you need from a graphics card. If you can see the menu and it supports overlay, you have all you need.

[fmctm1sw]

none at all

Agreed. I've actually ran an encode with integrated graphics and a video card I had laying around. No difference whatsoever.

[BJ_M]

you don't even need a graphics card at all - as in many rendering systems ..

[BJ_M]

BUT -- there are a few now rendering programs that DO USE the power of the graphics card also -- nvidia has a render engine that works with MAYA (and others) for example ..

[dowa]

Thank guys for all the inputs...