CUBE GRAPHICS UPGRADE

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thunderwood511thunderwood511
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I have a cube that I am committed to keeping. I want to upgrade my graphics card to maximize video editing capabilities. What's the best card? Any thoughts? GForce3, Radeon? I dont know the differences... <img src="embarrassed.gif" border="0"> <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    no need to shout.



    <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/</a>; is your place to start to look for that information.
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    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    This is beginning to sound like purchasing advice. I'm moving this to General Discussion.



    As for what card you would want for video editing... last I checked a Rage 128 pro was just fine for video editing. You're not going to be able to fit a card into your Cube that allows video input for an external source.



    Really, for a cube, you shouldn't have to upgrade at all.
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  • Reply 2 of 8
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    This is beginning to sound like purchasing advice. I'm moving this to General Discussion.



    As for what card you would want for video editing... last I checked a Rage 128 pro was just fine for video editing. You're not going to be able to fit a card into your Cube that allows video input for an external source.



    Really, for a cube, you shouldn't have to upgrade at all.
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    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
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    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Apparently, there's a guy out there who got an 8500 and a DP upgrade in his cube. . . damn near anything is possible.
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  • Reply 6 of 8
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by M3D Jack:

    <strong>Really, for a cube, you shouldn't have to upgrade at all.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Unless you want Quartz Extreme to work properly and didn't have the foresight to get a Cube with a Radeon card to start with...



    Most Cube owners I know have jacked the graphics up: I've got a geForce 2MX in mine.



    A good source of information is on <a href="http://www.cubeowner.com/faqs/videoupgrades.html"; target="_blank">www.cubeowner.com</a>. Some cards are proving a tad tricky to source now, since everyone's been out and snapped them up, but they do surface every once in a while.
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  • Reply 7 of 8
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by Overhope:

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    Unless you want Quartz Extreme to work properly and didn't have the foresight to get a Cube with a Radeon card to start with...



    Most Cube owners I know have jacked the graphics up: I've got a geForce 2MX in mine.



    A good source of information is on <a href="http://www.cubeowner.com/faqs/videoupgrades.html"; target="_blank">www.cubeowner.com</a>. Some cards are proving a tad tricky to source now, since everyone's been out and snapped them up, but they do surface every once in a while.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    Well, he said he wanted to "maximize his video editing capabilities". Quartz Extreme is pretty much a toy. I mean, what valuable service does it provide to Final Cut Pro? The Genie effect is now faster? Woo.



    But yeah, if you just want to trick out your cube...
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  • Reply 8 of 8
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Quite true, but for keeping the OS load down on the processor, QE has to be a help? Anything that's shoving screen display elsewhere can't hurt effects rendering in FCP...
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