Impact of Video Card with Editing

[tmann]

Hello,

I'm planning to purchase a new Dell to finally be able to do my own video capture/editing (I have previous experience editing in my University video lab). I'm deciding between the following 2 graphics cards:

128MB DDR GeForce FX 5200 (w/ TV-out and DVI)
128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 PRO (w/ TV-out and DVI)

The ATI card will cost an extra $130. I plan to capture digital using Firewire and capture analog using the canopus ADVC-100, so I don't need the video card for capture. So my question is, what impact does the video card have on capturing, editing, or outputting (to VHS through the ADVC-100 or DVD) video? I know CPU, RAM, and HD space are most important, but does the quality of video card have ANY affect at all???

Thanks for your help!
Tommy

[tito13kfm]

in a word.. no

[jmp0889]

Seeing that you are using the Canopus to capture, the GForce 5200 is well suited to handle the rest. You don't need to spend the extra$.

[Ripper2860]

The only REAL difference is the quality of the cards ability to display in 2D mode (i.e. color reproduction, clarity, sharpness, etc) and of course feature set.