High-End Video Editing PC

EIREHotspur

Thats interesting.

Why have they not made this public knowledge though.....you'd think the more cards that are compatible the more potential customers they would gain?

Dublin_Gunner

EIREHotspur wrote: »

Thats interesting.

Why have they not made this public knowledge though.....you'd think the more cards that are compatible the more potential customers they would gain?

They should do. It uses CUDA, so technically, any CUDA enabled vid card should accelerate.

I'd imagine the only reason its limited to those cards is to do with some marketing scam - i.e getting people to splash out on those cards on their Mac / PC.

ANy 8 series and up should work just fine (using the method to edit above)

EIREHotspur

Ok I hope this is the last question for this thread.

My laptop is dead and I need a PC asap and have decided to order one through Dell.

I ordered a system but through a fault on the website I cannot add a soundcard without a conflict with another offer regarding monitor or speakers, both of which I don't need.

Simple question is I can add a sound card myself after like the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound card and it will work with my old speakers fine right??

ttcomet

You should be fine adding a sound card so long as there is a free pci slot in the pc (I would be very surprised if there was not at least 1 free slot).

What did you go for in the end, if you don't mind sharing?

EIREHotspur

No problem at all....here is the specs.

Precision T5500 Westmere : Standard Mini-Tower (Vertical orientation) 1
Processor : One Intel Xeon E5620(2.4GHz,5.86GT/s,12MB,4C)-Memory runs at 1066MHz 1
Resource DVD : Precision T5500 Diagnostics and Drivers 1
Ship Accessory : UK/Irish Docs with UK/Irish Power Cord 1
Memory : 12GB(3x4GB)1066MHz DDR3 ECC-RDIMM Requires 64 Bit OS 1
Floppy Disk Drive : Not Included 1
Hard Drive : 1.5TB (7200RPM) Serial ATA II with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache 1
Additional Hard Drive : 1.5 TB (7200RPM) Serial ATA II with 16MB DataBurst Cache 1
Raid Controller : C2 All SATA Hard Drives, NON-RAID for 2 Hard Drive 1
Raid Controller : Not Included Perc6i or SAS Internal Controller Card 1
Windows Live 1
Optical Drive : 16X DVD+/-RW Drive and 6X Blu-Ray Disc Rewritable 1
Optical Drive : Blu-Ray PowerDVD 8.2 Media 1
Optical Drive : Roxio Creator 10.3 including software 1
Security : Chassis Intrusion Switch 1
Display : Not Included (for Bundles only) 1
Graphics : 1.5 GB Quadro NVIDIA FX4800 - 2 DP, 1 DVI (1 DP-DVI,1 DVI-VGA adapter)(HEGA16) 1
Audio : Sound Card Not Included 1
Speakers : Internal Optional 1
Mice : Dell Black 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse 1
Keyboard : UK/Irish (QWERTY) Dell Standard Quietkey USB Keyboard Black 1
Operating System : English Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate (64Bit OS) 1
OS Media : MUI Windows 7 Ultimate (64Bit OS) Resource DVD 1
AntiVirus : English Trend Micro Internet Security 16.6(30 day Trial)AntiVirus Software 1
Precision Order - Ireland 1
3Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty 1
Base Warranty
€4.452,80 9incl VAT)

Serious Specs to Edit Videos from my Sony EX3 Camera.

I need to get a PC Express Card Reader too.