Capture & edit with onboard integrated GPU

[grga]

I was wandering if onboard GPU (like the one on GeForce 150 chipset) is powerful enough for capturing & editing of DV (no frames dropped, reasonable speed, etc).

Uros.

[teegee420]

If you are capturing via firewire it shouldn't really matter what GPU you have. You're not really capturing at all, but rather transfering the data on your DV tape to your PC through a firewire connection. What are your other computer specs? You haven't filled in your profile yet.

[grga]

I currently own a 800 mhz Duron with 128 mb SDRAM 133. I was thinking of buying something more powerful so I can do some home video editing, but I don't want to spend fortune on fastest video cards cos I'm not going to play any sophisticated games. That is why I would like to know, if home video capturing/editing is possible with onboard graphics.
Thanks for your response,

Uros.

[guns1inger]

The only time a gpu would really come into play would be if you were doing 3d transitions or compositing. Otherwise the gpu would have little impact. I would look at a mid range card - ATi 9600 XT with 128MB ram or a Nvidia fX5900. You should be able to pick one of these up pretty cheap. Add it to a mid-range board with either 2.8 P4 or AMD 2800+

If you budget it to tight, drop the cpu speed back to 2.2 or 2200+, and spend the rest on ram and disk. That is where you will get a lot of your performance benefits. Look at at least 512 MB DDR ram (1 GB would be better) and as much 7200 hard disk as you can afford. CPU will help speed up encoding, but if you don't have enough memory, or slow disks, you negate the benefits.