Need some help choosing a Video Editing Card

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My wife is getting a new graphics design computer at work and she has her choice of 2 video cards.

It is a computer used for video editing and Photoshop.

I'm not up on my video editing cards so I am asking for some help.

She can choose between the ATI FireGL V3100, or the NVIDIA Quadro FX 540.

If you had to choose one of those 2, which one is the better choice?

Any info is appreciated, thanks.
 
I would go for the fireGL because, in my experience, ATI works a lot better for video editing and image quality. But that's just my opinion and I'm sure plenty of other people have seen it the other way around.
 
this might be helpful.

The nvidia card will beat the ati card.

the nvidia card has bandwidth of 8.8 while the ati card has 6.4.,
both have the same amount of ram and both are 128bit.

so yes.... the nvidia card is better b/c it will be faster, not to mention nvidia is the leader in the market plus they have better drivers.



http://www.nvidia.com/page/qfx_el.html (look at first set of figures)

http://www.ati.com/products/fireglv3100/ATI_FireGL_V3100_Datasheet.pdf

(look on 2nd page for this one.)

i hope this helps.
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geekcomputing said:
so yes.... the nvidia card is better b/c it will be faster, not to mention nvidia is the leader in the market plus they have better drivers.
Click to expand...

Leadere int eh pro market maybe, in the general marke, they are equal.

and how come I always here about Nvidias drivers causing problems?

Just saying, state the facts, not fan-boyness.

they are equal in the market, in terms of drivers, I hear more problems about Nvidias drivers, then with ATI's
 
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