On Saturday 13 Sep 2003 8:23 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > > Graphics cards - since I don't do gaming I've not been into the > > latest thing in video cards, so I don't know what is significant > > and what is hype. I'm looking at 128MB XFX Geforce4 MX44- or > > FX5200. I could go higher if there's a real advantage. Any > > thoughts? > > For what ? If this box does capturing and transcoding, you could do > that headless i think. Even the cheapest card should be enough. > Here you get for the money of a GF FX 5200 another 120 Gig of HD. > > > Any comments about anything I haven't mentioned that is > > significant in this scenario? > > I do a lot of mpeg2 transcoding. But my stuff i convert comes a) > from a dv-camcorder or b) from a dvb card. So i can't say a lot > about capturing. For transcoding you need a fast CPU, if possible a > dual cpu setup helps. The mpeg2encoder all need a lot of memory > (means something around or bigger then 512 MB and the need for a > lot of disk space is obvious i guess. I don't have a top notch box > for transcoding, i plan to use a duron 1300 to do that because its > cheap and i can let compute that spare machine all the time. > Currently i have a 120 Gig hd for video and i plan to buy a second > one in near future. In case you want to make dvd/vcd/svcd you will > most likely use mpeg2enc from mjpegtools, just for orientation: On > my current 1.1Ghz Duron main machine i get around 7 frames per > second, a 1400 Athlon gets around 14 frames per second ( if i > remember right), all w/o any filters. Dunno for Intel P4. > So an Athlon 2400 should be fine, I think? I'll put together everyone's suggestions and try to come up with the definitive list tomorrow <g>
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