03-04-2012, 05:01 AM

Hi guys,

What's the minimum graphics card requirement for editing anything in the 720p/1080p content?

03-04-2012, 05:10 AM

Anything put out in the last few years should be adequate. For most Macs, it's not like you can do anything about the graphic card anyway, so it probably would have saved you time to just tell us what machine you have.

03-04-2012, 05:29 AM

Of course. Sorry about that chas_m.

It's a 2009 MacBook Pro 15", Intel Core 2 Duo with 8GB RAM and 256mb Geforce 8600GT. When I talked with the guys at the Mac Store, he had a feeling that my graphics card might be low, but I was wondering if I needed something like 512mb? If so, then I might have to look into upgrading. Different people told me different reasons, so I am somewhat confused to what it could be. The rep told me the newer Macs (with the i5 and i7) is a huge improvement and would handle anything..

03-05-2012, 12:46 AM

I would think that card would be entirely acceptable for HD video editing. A better card would of course be better but that should do you just fine.

You can't upgrade the card in the MBP anyway so it's just as well that it's a perfectly fine card.