older TNT2 video card ok for editing video?

[robert@75]

Hi Will this video card work using Roxio 7 to edit video and make slide shows? If not what med priced card do you recomend? How important is the video card to do graphics? Will i get better resolution on my dvds with the better cards?

Thanks Bob

[guns1inger]

Unless the card has video in and hardware enconding capabilities, it has absolutely no effect on the quality of your video. Some editing programs do make use of DirectX features in the newer cards for real time effects and transitions, but the biggest impact will be on your own work comfort. Older cards may force you to work at a lower resolution, cramping your screen space.

FWIW, I used to edit with one of those cards on celeron 500, many years ago.

[robert@75]

Thanks Gunsliger Thanks I just posted another thread about my new board

[sacajaweeda]

I got by using one of these for close to a year or so when my graphics card died. It was on an MSI board with an XP3200+ cpu. The AGP card I was using quit working so I just dug it out of a box of old parts I had and popped it in just to get it working again and I totally forgot about it. I had plenty of CPU & memory so I never really noticed a difference between the 8mb PCI card and the 64mb AGP card that died. I wasn't playing games or anything, just editing & encoding NLE video. As always though, your mileage may vary.