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Any need for RT2500 if using a fast processor?
I am in the process of determining what I'll need for a video editing system. I intend on buying the G450 AGP (or, if it comes along soon, any update Matrox might have of that card)for its dualhead technology.
However, here's my question. I understand what a pain "rendering" is and want to avoid it like the plague. The RT2500 can do that. But, given the fast processors today (P4 and Athlon Thunderbirds), is there still a need for the RT2500.
Since I do not have either a RT2500 or a fast processor (I still have a dinky little PII, 350 Mhz), I don't have a clue. I'd rather not spend $850 for the RT2500 if the lastest "fast processors" can handle the same task. I was on the Intel site recently and watched one of their promotional videos of a videomaker who said rendering had gone the way of the dinosaur now that the P4 took care of all that mess. Is that true?
I'd appreciate any information that you might pass along.
-- Alan
However, here's my question. I understand what a pain "rendering" is and want to avoid it like the plague. The RT2500 can do that. But, given the fast processors today (P4 and Athlon Thunderbirds), is there still a need for the RT2500.
Since I do not have either a RT2500 or a fast processor (I still have a dinky little PII, 350 Mhz), I don't have a clue. I'd rather not spend $850 for the RT2500 if the lastest "fast processors" can handle the same task. I was on the Intel site recently and watched one of their promotional videos of a videomaker who said rendering had gone the way of the dinosaur now that the P4 took care of all that mess. Is that true?
I'd appreciate any information that you might pass along.
-- Alan
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