RT2500 vs DV500

[mungu]

Hey guys.
Here at work we are thinking of building a new/upgrading the old video editing system. (i work at a school, it is used to create admissions videos, etc) What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying a RT2500 over a Pinnacle DV500? i would really like to get a RT.X100 but i think it is well out of our price range. Hopefully the price of the 2500 will drop come the release of the X100.

If someone has any reviews that compare the two cards (RT2500/DV500) as far as features and performance go, would help. Right now the system is a P3 700mhz/256MB RAM running windows 98. I am looking towards go to a P4 ~2.0ghz/512MB RAM (maybe more?) running Windows XP. Any help would be greatly appreciated

It may not matter, but what do i get more in the X100 over the 2500? I know that the X100 has that "Power of X" cpu scaling thing, but what else does it have?

[Elie]

Hi,

Well if you can save up for the RT.X100, I totally recommend it why??

1-Real-time Chroma Keying
2-Real-time Field Based Slowmo/Fast motion
3-Real-time Saturation with Auto White Balance
4-Real-time Luma Key
5-Single Pass scan and capture
6-Real-time DV out to DV deck
7-Real-time export to Mpeg-2 DVD
8-Real-time export to disk
9-Matrox Media export (Windows Media, Real Media and Ligos)
10-Propack 3D effects is now part of X tools
11-Support for multiple titlers, including Inscriber, Adobes and Title Deko etc.
12-Instant scrubbing and playback.
13- Great quality DV codec
14-Two Layers of video + two layers of graphics in real-time
15-The ability to combine up to 15 effects in real-time.
16-Support for all of Adobes graphics library.


Check out my demo at...

http://members.rogers.com/2832678523/MyStream_01.wmv

The DV 500 doesn't even come close, not even Pinnacles Pro One

Cheers,
Elie

[mungu]

Well, im saving up for the X100 for my personal system *grin*
It is pretty much between the DV500 and the RT2500, rather...we have access to a DV500 for free almost, and the RT2500 is about $300 cheaper than the X100. is it worth it to pay the $700 to upgrade to the RT2500 over the DV500? Im sure there are some reviews out there somewhere
oh well
thanks anyway, hopefully i can save the $$ and then justify buying the X100 for my personal system!