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Apple Computing Products:
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 or ATI Radeon HD 4850?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 815508" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>Like bob said, the more powerful video card is only useful for applications that offload some or all of their rendering to the GPU. If the program only relies on the CPU and RAM, then having the most powerful GPU in your system won't make for any difference. </p><p></p><p>I know that Photoshop CS4 allows for the GPU to take up some of the load, though since it's not really 3D rendering, onboard graphics should be able to handle it just fine. I also know that Motion uses GPU rendering, but the rest of Final Cut seems to be primarily CPU reliant. Though if you're using Motion, then you'll benefit from the more powerful system. You'll see no benefit from the video card with audio editing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 815508, member: 23444"] Like bob said, the more powerful video card is only useful for applications that offload some or all of their rendering to the GPU. If the program only relies on the CPU and RAM, then having the most powerful GPU in your system won't make for any difference. I know that Photoshop CS4 allows for the GPU to take up some of the load, though since it's not really 3D rendering, onboard graphics should be able to handle it just fine. I also know that Motion uses GPU rendering, but the rest of Final Cut seems to be primarily CPU reliant. Though if you're using Motion, then you'll benefit from the more powerful system. You'll see no benefit from the video card with audio editing. [/QUOTE]
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