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Hello all-
I'm planning to build a machine around the following equipment:
Abit NV7-133R
Athlon XP 1800+
1 GB DDR RAM
...
for video editing on a Windows XP platform. I won't be doing any video capture - that's going to be done by my Firewire card. What I'm looking for is a solid performing, good output, video card that will allow me to use dual monitors (hopefully, one to preview the stuff I've edited while I'm doing work on the other screen).
I came across the G450 and G550 - which seem to be highly regarded for 2D (I won't be doing much, if any, 3D - games are for the other machine). Can't figure out exactly what the difference is, and which is superior. Budgetwise, they're both close (80 and 90, respectively) - and from Matrox's website, all I can gather is that the 550 offers DVI and the 450 doesn't.
Anyone have any advice as to which I should use (or whether an alternative is a better solution to my problem)? Also - is there any way to run dual-VGA on the G550 - seems like all I've seen is 1 VGA connector and 1DVI - is there an adapter cable I'd need to buy as well?
TIA for any advice,
-rj
I'm planning to build a machine around the following equipment:
Abit NV7-133R
Athlon XP 1800+
1 GB DDR RAM
...
for video editing on a Windows XP platform. I won't be doing any video capture - that's going to be done by my Firewire card. What I'm looking for is a solid performing, good output, video card that will allow me to use dual monitors (hopefully, one to preview the stuff I've edited while I'm doing work on the other screen).
I came across the G450 and G550 - which seem to be highly regarded for 2D (I won't be doing much, if any, 3D - games are for the other machine). Can't figure out exactly what the difference is, and which is superior. Budgetwise, they're both close (80 and 90, respectively) - and from Matrox's website, all I can gather is that the 550 offers DVI and the 450 doesn't.
Anyone have any advice as to which I should use (or whether an alternative is a better solution to my problem)? Also - is there any way to run dual-VGA on the G550 - seems like all I've seen is 1 VGA connector and 1DVI - is there an adapter cable I'd need to buy as well?
TIA for any advice,
-rj
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