Best ATI video card for movie editing

[ljCharlie]

There are so many series or models of ATI video card. Can anyone recommend the best ATI video card for me? I'm looking for a video card that geared toward editing and making videos. I'm using Adobe and Boris's products.

ljCharlie

[DVD_Ripper]

For editing you can use the cheapest video card you can find... as a matter of fact since I do not gaming my video is onboard my MB.

But... if you are looking to capture via you video card look for the ATI cards that incorporate the 'Theater" chip set. Look at lordsmurf's web site... he's a firm advocate of ATI cards.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/capture/atimpeg/atimpeg.htm

[indolikaa]

ATI All-In-Wonder Pro 9000.

newegg.com has the card for $129.00 with 99¢ Fedex Saver shipping. And it works like a dream with MPEG Video Wizard.

[ljCharlie]

Many thanks for your help. I looked at ATI's website and it seems to me that they have FireGL and RADEON model. Can you tell me the difference between those two? And oh by the way, why is Matrox's video card so expensive?

ljCharlie

[Almost Human]

Look on eBay for an ATI Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO (AGP) for under $60. This has the "Theater" chips.

This is my capture card of choice. VHS and digital cable captures at 352X480 look perfect with no dropped frames ever. Use the MacroVision hacks posted on LordSmurfs site and away you go.

[ggarman]

I have both an ATI All-in-wonder 9800Pro and 8500DV. Both work great, capturing TV is very good as well as analog capture from a VCR. I bought the 9800pro as a refurb through NewEgg.com and the 8500 I won in an auction for about $50, you can get the cables for the cards on ebay too pretty cheap.

See ya,
Greg

[kush]

@ljcharlie - FireGL is ATI's Professional level card..*WAY* more expensive than the Radeons, the consumer level card. IMO, the only reason to get such a card would be if you are into 3D modeling, and the like. It really has no bearing on capturing/vid editing.

Also, many (well lets just say some) of the FGL cards are just BIOS/driver modded versions of the Radeon level cards, so you can in effect get a Radeon and BIOS mod [flash]/driver hack it into an FGL (not for the faint of heart!). However, it does you no good if you are into gaming - it can degrade the performance of the card considerably.

Re: Matrox cards - perhaps its the triple head display feature in their stuff? Other than that, I don't know. The Parhelia, for instance was a very expensive card when it came out, but was outperformed by much cheaper ATI (& Nvidia) stuff..But AFAIK, none of the big guys offers a triple display option (only dual max).

*edit*
On the vid edit front though - assuming you just mean editing, not capturing, it doesn't matter what card you have. You could go really cheap. If you do, however want to cap stuff - do like others have said, get one of the AIW cards that are based on the Rage Theater chip.

[awhitney]

Look on eBay for an ATI Radeon 64MB DDR VIVO (AGP) for under $60. This has the "Theater" chips.

This is my capture card of choice. VHS and digital cable captures at 352X480 look perfect with no dropped frames ever. Use the MacroVision hacks posted on LordSmurfs site and away you go.

I have that same card too, but I also heard that the newer all in wonder cards have the newer version of the "theater" chips. I think it was called the "theater 200" chip or something.