--- In [email protected], Adriane Bahr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> group,
> upon more careful reading of your replies, i'm a bit confused.
first-i'm actually leaning towards keeping the alienware machine
mostly because of the XP/Vista issue. i'm planning on doing a full
reformat/reinstall to get it back into fightin' shape. anyone think
this is a really bad idea?
> if not- now i'm not sure if we need just a video card or a capture
card, or 1 of each?
> i haven't been able to look at the pc yet to see if there's a
firewire port- but shouldn't there be if it was using the matrox card
previously?
> also- i just checked tiger diredt for the cards & there seem to be
some very affordable cards, but how do i know if i need pci or agp? i
know it doesn't have pci express cause that's a relatively new format,
right?
> i didn't know this would be so complicated- thanks in advance for
your patience!
> Adriane
>
>
I Think the confusion revolves around the use of the term "Video Card".
I believe, If I have read and understood the posts correctly, you have
been referring to a dead RTX100 card (By the way, you never stated
what has brought you to this conclusion). In addition to acting as a
device for capture and export of video, the RTX100 is a card designed
to accelerate the process of editing video by providing real-time
transitions and effects, reducing or eliminating the need to render
the effects before previewing to exporting a project to tape. It
would thereby be best to describe this as a "Video Editing Card".
A video card, in the computer world, is a piece of hardware, usually
as a card (but often integrated into a mother board), that handles the
processing required to display visual information on a monitor.
Different video cards have different capabilities. Depending on the
amount of RAM, they can support different resolutions and color depth.
The primary difference between almost anything sold in the past 6-7
years is in the 3D engine, used almost exclusively for games. There
are some uses of 3D acceleration in 3D modeling and rendering apps,
but nearly all video cards have the 3D processing for games and games
alone. There are some cards that can be used with the latest versions
of Premiere which help speedup rendering and previews, but that are
specific product lines that are needed for this.
If your RTX100 is no longer functioning, you may not be able to
capture video, or realize render-free productions anymore. It may be
necessary to remove the card from the computer to prevent it from
interfering with Premiere (I don't know for sure, as I don't have
direct experience with the RTX100 card, but have used similar
real-time cards). If you were editing exclusively with DV video, then
you can get by with a plain-vanilla-firewire port. If your computer
does not have one built in, you'll need to get an add-on card. This
will allow you to capture video, edit it, them export back to tape,
albeit without the benefit of the the real-time features on the
RTX100. If you were using the RTX100 to capture and display analog
video (I assume it could do this), then you'll need to replace it with
another capture card capable of this. There are many options for this.
It boils down to this: Can you turn on your computer and see
anything? Can you use windows and other applications? If so, your
VIDEO CARD is fine, and you don't need to replace it. If you cant
capture video, and need to capture from an analog source, like a VHS
tape, Hi-8 or similar, then you need a capture card, if you only need
to work with DV, then once you make sure you have a firewire port
available, you'll be all set. (BTW, if you have an old Sound Blaster
Audigy sound card (found in many computers the age of yours) it has
built-in firewire!)
I hope that this has cleared up a little of the confusion and has
helped in some small way.
--Andrew
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