video card advice

[corosus]

Hi

a friend of mine has asked me to build him a pc that he can use to hook his digital video camera up to, and do a little editing

here's what i have so far

dvd-writer: 46euro
AMD Athlon 64 +2800 ( 754 ) + Cooler € 125,14

ASUS K8V-SE Deluxe ( chipset --> K8T800) [S754] € 74,9
ram: CORSAIR VALUE Memory 512 Mb. DDR @ 333 € 60
voeding ANTEC TruePower 330 Watt ( TRUE 330PEC ) € 55,44
hd: Maxtor Plus9 :120Gb. - 7200rpm - 8Mb. (SATA) € 90,41
total 451.89 euro wich leaves about 100 euro

these are the optional video cards, i know that you need a differennt type of video-card for 2d vs for 3d images so i'm not really sure wich one to chose



SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ( AGP ) 256 Mb. € 85,7
SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 XT ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 104,18
SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 XT ( AGP ) 256 Mb. € 109,03
GIGABYTE Radeon 9600 PRO ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 91,71
CLUB 3D Radeon 9600 PRO ( AGP ) 256 Mb. € 117,64
GIGABYTE GeForce FX 5200 ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 72,03

thanks

[kram 2.0]

Considering your main focus is on 2D Video Editing, you may want to consider spending even less on the graphics card and upping the RAM to a gig. I suggest a look at the Radeon 9200SE or Radeon 7000 for that matter and go for a gig of Corsair VSRAM.

kram

[chronix]

I would up the ram to 1GB because you are working with video...those files can be pretty large and more ram will allow for easier and smoother editing

[Nimda]

I think you'd better buy two rdram 512 MB, and SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 XT (AGP ) 256 Mb. It's my choice.

[glc]

A 9600XT is overkill, a lesser card will be fine, 256mb video ram is a plus for video editing though.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by Nimda I think you'd better buy two rdram 512 MB,

RDRAM? RAMBUS RAM? Why would he want RAMBUS RAM in a AMD based build? It's not even supported by that motherboard.

Cricket

[Force Flow]

If you haven't already bought the motherboard and CPU, by going with the socket 754, you're locking yourself out for future upgrages. The 754 was discontinued.

[corosus]

thanks for the replys


i haven't bought annything yet, at this point i'm just doing research
i'll see if i can recalculate with another socket-type

the 939 sockets amd's are stil pretty expensive overhere i was thinking intel 775
ASUS P5P800S ( chipset --> Intel 848P ) [S775] € 70,23
INTEL Celeron D 345J 3,0 Ghz + Cooler € 135,44

i'd go with a full 800mhz intel but the price-difference is 50 € and i'm already over budget (500 € ) (I was thinking to reudce the hd to 80 gig if budgetisues arise)


if i put more ram in i'll have to go for a cheaper video-card:
CLUB 3D Radeon 9550 SE ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 53,76
CLUB 3D Radeon 9250 ( AGP ) 256 Mb. € 54,9
GIGABYTE Radeon 9250 ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 50,55
SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 SE ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 53,65
ASUS GeForce 5200 ( AGP ) 128 Mb. € 60
CLUB 3D GeForce 5200 ( AGP ) 256 Mb. € 61,61


i was thining the
CLUB 3D Radeon 9250 ( AGP ) 256 Mb. ???

[kram 2.0]

While S754 will be discontinued soon, I'd still say go for it - it will serve you much better than a Celeron D with P5P800S. If you need to, go for an even cheaper graphics card but be sure to not skimp on processor and memory for a graphical editing system.

kram

[RazorDX]

I'd personally stick with the A-64. And I'd go with the CLUB 3D Radeon 9250 ( AGP ) 256 Mb card.