building a new computer

[asad]

hi i m building a video editing computer and i was wondaring shuld i wait till the mid range dx-10 graphics cards will be availibel?

[jimmalenko]

Unless you're doing some serious shit (dual displays, colour calibrations etc etc), your video card won't have a great deal of effect on your video editing.

[Ron B]

I build all my own computers and will probably need another one soon, but I'm not sure now would be a good time to start one. I think I will wait until Vista has some of the bugs worked out, perhaps after Vista SP1, and we have a real life look at DX10 and the hardware that comes out with it.
If you're not in a big hurry, you may want to wait a few months and see what happens.

[JohnnyMalaria]

DX10 will only benefit you on Vista.

If I was building a video editing PC today, I'd go with XP. Possibly XP x64 (the 64-bit version) depending on your software.

Also, for video editing, DX10 cards aren't going to offer you any real advantage over the current crop of DX9 ones. You would be wise to get a card with a programmable GPU. There will be an increasing trend in software that makes use of a programmable GPU to off-load some of the intensive calculations.

In fact, the Vista version of Windows Movie Maker already does

[Ron B]

That's part of the decision. If you build for XP, you might want to wait for components that would handle Vista if you decided to upgrade the OS, but the "best" advice on Vista is to build a computer and install it straightaway instead of "upgrading" from XP.
Once Vista and DX10 are out, there might be more of a choice of motherboards and the mobos available now would certainly be cheaper. Also, Core 2 Duo would seem to be the best CPU for a power user right now, perhaps AMD is going to come up with something in a few months for more choices and lower prices.
For video editing, a video card is not the major consideration. However, once you have a powerful computer, you might want to check out some games in your spare time, then you might think about it.

[asad]

i have a nab question : vista/dx-10 hardware comes out, what like 3 full moons (i cant spell mounths ) ?

[Ron B]

It is my understanding that Vista will be "fully" available at the end of this month. DX10 hardware should be following soon, no doubt major hardware manufacturers already have stuff ready to go for when people find out that Vista and/or DX10 will not work on the computer they have.
If you need a computer now, go ahead and build one, you can find everything you need. If you wait a month or two, the stuff will probably be a little cheaper and you might have a little better choice.
Personally, I don't expect much, performance-wise, from Vista. I hope I can use the XP Pro I have for at least another year, hopefully longer than that.

[asad]

thanx for the help, i will wait a couple of moons . better safe than sory

[edDV]

"Video Editing Computer" ?
That demands editing software specification to make sense.

DX-10 ?
Wait a couple of years before DX-10 has any usable support hardware for "Video Editing".

[asad]

here are some software specification (well more like a benchmark but it has numbers in it ) http://mysite.verizon.net/wgehrke/ppbm/Benchmark%203.html
it aint very up2date. (its for premiere).
basiclly bisides games wats dx-10 good for. i read the wiki but didnt get it.

[edDV]

OK Premiere Pro 2. What Video formats? To what end?

For non-game apps, DirectX 10 expands the idea of optional hardware to take load from the CPU. That hardware (e.g. MPeg4 H.264 encoders and decoders) are in the works for the future.

[asad]

ok got it thnx edDV