I don't know the first thing about graphics cards, I'm just trying to find out if my computer will be good to go when Media Composer 3.0 hits. The requirements say
NVidia Quadro FX 560 or higher
Mine is a NVidia GeForce 8400M GT. Anyone know if this will work?
I read it the same way...that it will. I'll be sure to bring this up at the Avid demo here in town next week.
Larry Rubin
Senior Editor
The Pentagon Channel
www.pentagonchannel.mil
Higher on the same range I guess.
Quadro and Geforce aren't at the same range.
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Hi,
Like George says, you ought to stay in the Quadro range of cards. That said, I've seen posts from people who got Xpress Pro to work with a GeForce 8400, but that's no guarantee it will work with Media Composer. Sorry I don't have better news for you.
good luck,Carl
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These GFX cards arent just display devices, they actually do some of the processing work so have to integrate tightly with Avid - prob even more on MC3. If there is 1 component you should toe the line on, I would suggest it is the GFX card. However as you already have that card - no harm in trying (with no clients present!). D
MC 3, XP SP2, Asus P5K-E Mobo, Quad Core 2.7Ghz CPU (3.0 Ghz if I'm up against it!), 4Gb 800Mhz RAM Dual channel, 4 x 500Gb SATA Stripe O pairs, Quadro FX 1500 GFX, Soundblaster Audigy. Approved Avid HP 8240 Notebook. Original DIY PC: Shuttle SN85, AMD 3200, 1Gig Ram, Quadro 980, on board sound, on board firewire, 2 x SATA + WD ext HDD - could that be less 'compatible? Never hiccuped once! :-)
Okay so should I try and it not work will I be able to change my card? And how much of a pain/expense would that be? I'm not familliar at all with this kind of thing.
DIESELE: These GFX cards arent just display devices, they actually do some of the processing work so have to integrate tightly with Avid - prob even more on MC3. If there is 1 component you should toe the line on, I would suggest it is the GFX card. However as you already have that card - no harm in trying (with no clients present!). D
Confirming what you posted, in the NAB off-site press demos, Avid engineers stated that one of the biggest differences betweem MC 3.0 and MC 2.x is that the software now relies more heavily on GPU processing for certain compute-intensive tasks. That is why it requires a PCI-express hosted Quadro card. GeForce users may want to try MC3 out with their existing cards, but be ready to upgrade if they don't work.
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I have a laptop and from what I've read laptop graphics cards aren't meant to be changable. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if anyone else gives this a shot on the GeForce before taking the plunge.
Without violating any NDA i can not tell that much but i can tell you the Geforce series are less and less compatible. My 8800 started playing nice only after i "tricked" the system to believe it was a Quadro 4600 card. On Vista i needed to alter a specific setting in my Geforce 7600 card (from hardware to openGL specs) to get playing video.
As said before the new architecture of Avid combined with the PCI-E (as in Mojo en Nitris DX) depend heavily on sharing valuable resources amongst many stuff like CPU, GPU and whatever RAM for instance.
Menno
Dutch AV forumFCP2Avid I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. - Confucius
I don't plan on using Mojo, Nitris, or anything else, just the basic Media Composer program, so does that mean my chances would be better for getting it to work?
Also is there any chance you can give me more of a detailed version of what you had to do to trick your system into thinking it was a Quadro?
Does not matter if you use Mojo or Nitris graphic cards wise speaking... chances are slim and yes i can tell you.. but that would mean i have to kill you...
No seriously it is all outlined here.. ***do note NO responsibility WHAT so ever on what might happen!!!!!!!***
CLICK My 8800 turned into a Quadro 4600 which performs great with Avid.
Baklap:i can tell you.. but that would mean i have to kill you
Ah yes, the only way to safely "reveal" classified information!
hehe lol yes it is Larry always make sure the tapes disapear
Baklap:always make sure the tapes disapear
Yes indeed, and now it's emails too! Mysteriously vanished! Boy, this current group even makes Richard Nixon look good! (Never thought I'd hear myself say that!)
Baklap: Does not matter if you use Mojo or Nitris graphic cards wise speaking... chances are slim and yes i can tell you.. but that would mean i have to kill you... No seriously it is all outlined here.. ***do note NO responsibility WHAT so ever on what might happen!!!!!!!*** CLICK My 8800 turned into a Quadro 4600 which performs great with Avid. Menno
Thank you very much, I can always perform a system restore if it causes a problem right?
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