SO im a HUGE gamer. that what i build my systems for. My father-in-law is getting into video editing. Taking peoples old photos, digital photos and videos and combining them into a seemless movie on DVD. its not just pics and videos, any text the people want to add with pics or videos,special songs to go with a series of pictures.... anything u can think of to turn what people ,back in the day with those old SLIDESHOW projectors, wish they could have done to make them FUN and actually enjoyable to watch. they really do come out cool. apparently a decent need for this exists. Its not cheap as it takes ALOT of time to build these.
Anyway. he was wanting to me to build him another pc. the fastest that i make it. He wants the best, so i guess cost isnt TOO important , just not rediculous.
Now i know CPU and RAM and HD speed have a big impact on EVERYTHING that a PC does...what i was wondering is this, does video card really matter that much for what he is doing? he doesnt play games, but he DOES want dual monitor. I have the ATI X1950XTX that has dual HDMI, does he really need something like that or will anything that has dual outs work just as good.
i've seen him have up to 20-30 windows open at once doing different things with videos. while he's processing one, he's working on others.
I guess what my real question is what would be the best setup for video editing with todays newest tech.
Anyway. he was wanting to me to build him another pc. the fastest that i make it. He wants the best, so i guess cost isnt TOO important , just not rediculous.
Now i know CPU and RAM and HD speed have a big impact on EVERYTHING that a PC does...what i was wondering is this, does video card really matter that much for what he is doing? he doesnt play games, but he DOES want dual monitor. I have the ATI X1950XTX that has dual HDMI, does he really need something like that or will anything that has dual outs work just as good.
i've seen him have up to 20-30 windows open at once doing different things with videos. while he's processing one, he's working on others.
I guess what my real question is what would be the best setup for video editing with todays newest tech.