Will a Matrox benefit me?
by Remington Markham
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Aug 13, 2009 at 2:36:50 pm
I've been thinking about getting a matrox board for my editing computer and I was wondering how far I need to go to get maximum benefit. We have the money for a big fancy one, but I didn't know if that was necessary for my level of editing (After effects compositing, Priemere editing, 3D work, Encore). Do you think I should go for the newest one? Or would an older cheaper model give me the same performance value?
The reason I ask is because sometimes the matrox boards are meant for big editing suites and therefore my computer may hit a limit of benefits rather than fully use a fancy matrox board. Or would a regular high end video card produce the same results. What is your oppinion?
I am a sophmore in college which can lend you a better view on what level of intensity of work I do, but I've also been told I'm very advanced for my grade.
Re: Will a Matrox benefit me? by Jeff Pulera on Aug 13, 2009 at 6:25:22 pm
Hi,
You have money for a big fancy WHAT - Matrox card or PC system? Mac or PC? Your post is kind of vague.
When working with Premiere on the PC, with a supported video format, the RT.X2 will save countless hours of rendering since most everything is realtime. It offers a couple of RT effects that carry over to AE, and has WYSIWYG output for AE, PS, etc., but does not otherwise help other applications outside Premiere.
Do you need a huge computer to benefit from RT.X2? No, as long as the components (motherboard and display card) are Matrox-compatible, any decent PC will do (Quad-core, i7, etc). Keep in mind you need a large enough power supply for the system, as well as physically having room to accommodate the RT.X2 board. Note the RT.X2 LE model is smaller for tighter PCs.
A high-end video card will NOT give you anywhere near the realtime editing capabilities of the RT.X2, though if you spend enough it can help AE and PS previews.
Re: Will a Matrox benefit me? by Lyn Norstad on Aug 13, 2009 at 9:06:19 pm
Let me add something to this ...
With the latest Adobe software, and the latest Matrox components, you will reap huge benefits from running in a 64-bit environment with at least 8 GB of RAM (more is better).
Re: Will a Matrox benefit me? by Damon Gaskin on Aug 17, 2009 at 4:11:09 pm
As the others have said, you do not need a "supercomputer", simply because say, the X2, there aren't a lot of times you really need to render. And when you do, the rendering is extremely fast!
64 bit "is" the way to go, as Jeff stated, because you can throw more ram at the machine. This alone, helps AE tremendously. I, personally am, and have been using a Q6600 w/8GB of RAM. My Abit board has been discontinued, but it keeps churning away. I would recommend staying with the Matrox approved boards and a nice, large case(I had been using Antec 900's, but recently switched to a Coolermaster HAF 932 which honestly, has oodles of space and is "quiet). I also have been running an ATI 1950 Pro for almost two years(I believe), and it's great! I can't imagine what it would do with one of the more current cards..
But the rendering alone, makes the cards and devices worth while, but when you throw in simple things like the native Adobe transitions do not require rendering(most of them) and the color correction effects(matrox) of course are realtime along with other effects(I am more of a cut's only and cross dissolve person), there really isn't much of a need to render with SD or HDV unless on my machine, I am stacking a good 7 layers or so of video. That is on my machine. But, the Matrox products, once installed(and don't let people scare you because it's not bad at all and not difficult as long as you follow instructions) are monsters as far as time savings, fun, and productivity.. Seriously.
Re: Will a Matrox benefit me? by mandeep singh on Sep 3, 2009 at 2:22:57 pm
And above all what i mean is my laptop cannot handle HD , its a 2.3ghz, ati radeon 128mb,2gb ram, sony vvaio vgn cr35g. So when i edit in premiere pro i dont get good ram previews etc is there anything out there that i can attach or will i have to buy a new system.
