Graphics card for editing home video.

I'm hoping to get a MacBook Pro 15 inch with 8GB and a 750 GB HDD and a 2.5 GHz processor.
However, it comes with the older Radeon HD 6770M 1 GB graphics card.
Would this be suitable for editing home video, or would I be better getting the later, more expensive,  NVIDIA GeForce?

Yes.

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