ok, i pretty much have an idea as to what im going to be putting together to do some video edting. not so much gaming. the motherboard in going to get is an ASUS Rampage Formula LGA 775. And my question is, what video card would be best for video editing? i was thinking about purchasing a workstation graphics card, like the ATI 100-505552 FirePro V3750 256MB 64-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 for $139.00. does anyone think its worth it? im going to be edting hd projects. i was also thinking about just getting a high end gaming graphics card. any suggestions?
The other guys here will not like the ASUS brand, personally its given me no problems, but i think your going a bit over kill on the Rampage mobo. A cheaper more mainstream mobo will suit you just fine. As for the video card, I see no reason to get a workstation card. I have done tons of video editing, some HD, on a 9800GTX+. Get this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102859 It will do just fine. Its about $5 more and will give you great gaming performance in games as well. What are your plans for CPU, and RAM? If you get a socket 775 mobo, id suggest a Core2Quad, and some G.Skill or Corsair RAM.
The Rampage Formula is one of the better Asus boards (thankfully), but just to be safe I would still steer clear of it. If you want video editing there is certainly no point in a top end board. Essentially, if the applications you use support GPU-rendering, then a FirePro will obliterate even the most expensive gaming card. If they don't, then there's no point buying a decent graphics card at all, focus all on the CPU.
Well I havent seen many apps supporting ATIs version of CUDA(sorry the name escapes me atm), have you?
