New video card

[Clayton]

Okay I am going to update my video card for one approved by adobe PS http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/tes ... p-cs5.html Does anyone have a preferred suggestion for one. I assume there would be no problem with my current motherboard.

[Chuck Engels]

This is very comparable to mine and I really like it a lot.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-NA-_-NA

[Clayton]

Thanks Chuck. Going on vacation for a week and will persue when I get back.

[Clayton]

Chuck, I am back from vacation and other things. The card you suggested is out of stock and may not be restocked. Any other suggestins from you or anyone.

[Chuck Engels]

Top of the line:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814103201

Or maybe something a little cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150549

Or even a little cheaper than that:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125353

[Clayton]

Thanks Chuck, the cheaper one will probably meet my needs, I am not a gamer. Just as long as it meets adobe specs, but I will look at the second one also. Depends on how the MB/CPU I select integrates with it.

[Bob]

The tested video card list you linked to is for Photoshop CS5, not Premiere Pro CS5. Premiere Pro has different requirements. If you want to use the Mercury Playback engine for GPU accelleration, you need a CUDA based card from NVIDIA. If you use a Radeon card, you will only be able to use software rendering. Here's a link to the specs: http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/system-requirements-premiere-pro.html. Get one with at least 1GB video ram.

[Chuck Engels]

Thanks Bob, wasn't thinking about the Cuda engine and video rendering. I am happy with my setup for now even without that

[Clayton]

This looks loke a reasonably priced one that is on the list http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125338 how about it Chuck and Bob? I didn't look at the PS list, but assume if its good for Pro it good for PS.

[Peru]

I have a GTX470 with PPro CS5.5 and it works 10 times faster with CUDA accelerated effects than without CUDA.

[Chuck Engels]

Looks like a great choice Clayton and Peru give it a great review.
I might have to look into that one myself, but then I would need to upgrade to CS5.5 or CS6 too.

[Bob]

I have a GTX 470 also. I think Paul does too. And, yes, it works great with Photoshop.

[Clayton]

Thanks guys, I shall order promptly.

[Clayton]

Well bummer, it is out of stock. I looked at some similar products with similar specs, but they are not on the adobe list. Is the adobe list mean these have been tested, but not necessarily the only ones that wiill work? The one I was looking at was about $220, the next ones up (gtx 570 series) run around $300. There are some 480 series that are similarly priced but not on adobes list.

[Clayton]

Well I ordered this to close out this thread. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130621