Is my graphics card good enough?

I want to power my 23" with my macbook pro 2ghz that only has 128mb of video ram (ATY,RadeonX1600). Should I keep the lid closed on the laptop or does it matter to have it open?
I want this thing to run as quickly as possible for motion.
I know motion depends on ram also, but my question is really regarding video ram only. thanks

Both Motion and Color rely heavily on the GPU of the video card.
Motion will be very slow. If your purpose is to simply learn the app, it may be enough.
Color is not really usable without an external monitoring setup. So, if you don't have one (for example, a Kona or Decklink card feeding an appropriately adjusted broadcast monitor) the performance of the video card is not really relevant.
Even if you were to pull the trigger on a new machine, you'd be paying the price to upgrade the video card as the 4870 is not standard equipment.
Good luck.
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As long as you are talking about 2D graphics which photoshop, illustrator, etc. are designed to handle, 32 MB of Vram is plenty. Even 8 MB of Vram would do the job. I have been working for years with photoshop on a power Mac 7600 with 6 MB of Vram.
3D graphics call for a lot of Vram, especially in up to date games. The latest iBook graphics card also supports core image technology.
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Integrated graphics (9400M) good enough for keynote?

I'm thinking about buying a new MBP 15 with only the 9400M card. Will this be good enough for keynote presentations (with some heavy graphics and embedded movies etc) hooked to an external projector?
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It should be able to handle Keynote with no problem.
But since this particular applications performance seems to
be very important to you, why not just put a Keynote presentation of yours on
a CD or flash stick and take it into an Apple Store. They will gladly let you try your
file with their new Macbook Pro's. If there isn't an Apple Store near you then go to an authorized Apple reseller.
That is the only way to be totally sure.

Is the ATI Radeon HD 4870 512mb Graphics card good

I'm thinking about getting a new mac pro and i've been looking a this graphic card and i've also been reading comments about this card and just wondering is this card good at all.
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I don't want to sound like a jerk but don't want people to wast their money because
You said
"If you have a 2006-07 mac pro, and want the most power you can get, crossfire two flashed pc 4870s."
That is wrong because a 2006-2007 mac pro only has ONE PCI.1.1 X16 slot you can only make it so you have two X8 slots or one X16 & one X8 To get anything from a CrossFire or SLI setup using any PCI X16 card you need two card slots that are X16.
I do agree & know if you have a 2006-2007 mac pro, then yes the apple 4870 is most likely the best you can get, besides going a flashing route. (I don't like to flash & the 4870 WORKS IN THE 2007 Mac Pro)
I have a 2,1. Mac Pro 8 Core 2007 & just got the New 2009 8 Core with 2.93 GHz Duel CPUs & I got the new GTX 285 came in the mail before the Mac Pro I got the 4870 from the 2009 to work in the 2007. But I have not tried the GTX 285 in the 2007 as the drivers have to be loaded from the disk that comes with it first & I did not take the time to do that & had the reformat the 2009 after trying to put the GTX 285 in the 2009 I found myself removing the 4870 I had just put in the 2007 then back in the 2009 then reinstall OS X 10.5.7 after that loading the driver disk from the GTX 285 first in the 2009 before placing the card the new Mac.
So I will when I have less work try the GTX 285 in the 2007 Mac Pro & let you know what happens.
I hope I was of Help
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Is the ati graphics card good or bad?

i have the mac pro 2.66 w/ the 7300 gt. it works great but i do wish i upgraded to the ati when i purchased my mp. it just seems like it would of been easier than buying the card later and installing it myself - and cheaper too, 250 compared to 400. but i've been reading a lot of mixed reviews (usually not too good) about overheating and screen glitches. i would like to get a better card but the ati is the only one compatibable with the mp. is it worth the 400 bucks and what are your guys' thoughts on the ata card.
much appreciated

Forums are mostly about problems, so you do get a skewed view of the world. And AMD is really busy cranking out the new X2000 series (2400, 2600, 2900, etc).
The 1950 moved the fan assembly back, further inside, where it is quieter. The problem with dust and ventilation is hard to remedy. FBDIMMs also run very warm as well. But, the Mac Pro is quite efficient at cooling.
If you do work or run apps and games that would actually make use of the ATI Radeon, yes. Does something you do actually benefit? I can't find anything I do that would, personally.

Is this graphic card good for After Effects Cs6 or superior?

Quadro K620 2GB DDR3
and if yes, if i buy two of them could i use them at the same time?
Here there is a link to the description (not sure if i can post it)
NVIDIA Quadro K620
If not which one do you recommend me. My budget is arround 200-400€.
Thanks in advance.

As Todd stated, After Effects offers little if any GPU acceleration. Instead, it relies heavily on the CPU and RAM.
With that said, Quadros are severely overpriced and underperforming with regards to most other applications including Premiere Pro. You see, the Quadros K620 is essentially a GeForce GTX 745 that I had warned a couple of people against: It is yet another "crippled" version of the first-generation Maxwell (GM107) architecture, with only 384 CUDA cores (for comparison, the GTX 750 Ti has 640 CUDA cores) and uses lousy DDR3 VRAM with a throughput of only 29 GB/second (versus the 750 Ti's GDDR5 VRAM and 86.4 GB/second memory throughput). Plus, Adobe CS programs in general are sensitive to the GPU VRAM throughput. In a word, the K620 is just plain lousy compared to consumer GPUs that cost one-fourth as much.
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Hello, I am running Adobe Master Suite on my Mac and have noticed that Premiere runs slow as if I was using my computer from five years ago. I was wondering if my graphics card is enough otherwise I will upgrade. Currently the computer has an Nvidia GeForce 9400 with 256 MBRam. Is this enough?
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Thanks!

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Hi:
I think the 610 GT will work fine in your PC.
I would go with this one as the specs state it has a 128 bit memory interface.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139078
That will be a better performing card over one with a 64 bit memory interface.
New Egg has the same 64 bit Galaxy card for a lot less ($20) than Best Buy.
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Which graphics card do I need?

I'm ready to buy a 3GHz Mac Pro, but am confused as to whether the default 7300 graphics card is enough for my purposes, or if I need to spend more for the X1900.
First off...I never play games on my Mac, and have no desire to ever run Windows on it either...hopefully that will simplify things
Here is what I do have and use:
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I had the 7300 card and upgraded to an X1900. I only notice the difference playing games (especially in Windows), or using Motion or Second Life. The speed difference in 3D apps compared to the 7300 is basically extraordinary. I had no idea video cards went that fast!
In every other non-3D app (or limited 3D app, like FCP, the OS, etc.) the 7300 is more than fine.
I have played with both configurations, so I say this from experience.
All of that said, I heavily question the 3 GHz model where money is limited. Here's why:
I had the 3GHZ model and now have the 2.66.
The 13% speed difference is not really noticable, even in intensive work like FCP. The 2.66 is still incredibly fast. I'd advise only the 3.0 where "time is money", literally.
I saved over $1000 by returning my defective 3.0 model [bad hard drive bays] and upgrading a 2.66 model with my own RAM, drives, etc. $1000! For no noticable real-world speed decline, and a marginal at best decline on benchmarks.
That money I saved I was able to add AppleCare, additional HD, upgrade the RAM and/or video card. I saved a LOT of money.
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if yes ,any of you guys know an external graphic card , powerfull enough to support 2 external screens ? any recommandations ?
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Assuming your PB is the original 2003-vintage with a 1.0G video processor and 64MB of video memory, the Apple spec sheet shows this:
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Video and graphics support
--NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go graphics processor
with AGP 4X support and 64MB of DDR SDRAM
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supports up to 1440 by 900 pixels on the built-in
display and up to 2048 by 1536 pixels on an
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--DVI output port
===========
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This Cardbus adaptor:
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I will be able to upgrade my g card I have everything ready for my WXP to vista I just need to get a graphics card with enough power to play the latest games (Halo 2 For Windows Vista Brought Then Realized - don't Work). I am looking for an Ati or Nvidia G Card please help.
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Hi there,
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Help me choose a good Graphic Card for my Laptop

Hello guys, first let me say I'm glad I've found this forum, It's been some time that I wanted to decide and buy a new graphic card for my laptop, but I guess this is the time and I'll start by asking for some help from you.
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What is the model/product of your laptop ? Generally speaking: we can't upgrade video card for nearly all laptops.
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Good graphics cards for Gigabit Ethernet PowerMac?

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I have a question about MacBook's graphic card. (Intel GMA 950 - 64 MB - DDR2 - shared)
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Is nVidia Geforce GT640 good graphics card for PrE10 despite low memory bandwidth?

Can anybody confirm that the nVidia Geforce GT640 is a reasonable graphics card for Premiere Elements 10 and Photoshop Elements 10?
The person who assembled my Core i7 3770K desktop with 16Gb of RAM at 1600mHz installed the nVidia GT640 card with 2Gb of DDR3 memory. He said that this was a good (fairly low cost) card for video editing because it has 384 CUDA cores - very helpful in video editing. I am pretty ignorant about graphics cards, but like the low power usage, 65 watts, and reputed cool operating temperatures. I have since read that DDR5 memory would have been much faster because of greater memory bandwidth - say 80-90Gb per second compared with 28.5Gb per second for the DDR3 memory on the GT640 card. I was after economical power use. DDR5 cards use 110 watts upwards and run much hotter than DDR 3 cards, all other things being equal. The really fast cards require special power units and cooling.
Does anybody know whether limited memory bandwidth is important in video editing? Is speed much more critical in gaming than in video editing? Are other attributes such as 384 CUDA cores, nvenc syncing, dedicated encodment, 28nm Kepler architecture, 2Gb memory frame buffer, 1.3 billion transistors, plenty of texture units - more important than memory bandwidth in video editing? Does bandwidth limited by DDR3 memory affect quality of image?
I read that the GT640 would be much faster (producing better image quality?) than the HD4000 integrated Intel graphics of the Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor. Is this so?
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I did lots of editing with PrE 3 with a Dell 3.06 gHz hyperthreading desktop and Win XP. The output and even the preview monitoring was clear and stable. I am still capturing standard definition mini dv tape by firewire from a 3MOS Panasonic handycam, but plan to upgrade to HD 3MOS with flash memory. I make the preview monitor really small - about 7cm wide - in PR10, because the quality of the preview picture is much poorer than the quality that I experienced with the Premiere Elements 3 program with Win XP. Is this just an indication of memory-saving in PrE 10 previews? I expect output to be much superior, although still mpeg2-DVD quality until I upgrade my camera. I have set rendering on maximum bitrate.
Anyway, despite these reservations with preview quality, the GT640 seems to be performing fine. Picture quality in Photoshop, online and elsewhere on my computer is excellent.
I updated the nVidia display driver only yesterday to version 306.23.
Nearly all graphics cards forums are about gaming. I hope to see more forums about graphics in editing here.
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Sheltie,
Thank you for the kind words. We all work very hard to help others with video-editing. Some of us also show up on other Adobe forums, depending on the products that we use most often.
Besides helping out, I also find that I learn something new every day, even about programs that I have used for decades. Heck, I just learned something new about PrE vs PrPro (my main NLE program), when I went to try and help a user. I probably actually use PrE more to test my theories, or to replicate a user's problem, than I do to actually edit my videos. Still, when applicable, I do real work in the program.
With about a dozen "regulars" here, if one of us is not around, several more usually are. Personally, I do not understand how Steve Grisetti and John T. can dedicate so very much time here. Steve is a noted author of books on PrE, PSE, Sony DVD Architect, and others, plus helps run a video/photography Web site, Muvipix.com, that is very active, and has so very much to offer. John T. is always under the watchful eye of The JobJarQueen, and gets dragged, kicking and screaming, out into the yard, or up on his roof, so can be gone for a bit.
Neale usually beats us all, since he's in the UK, and normally answers all the questions, that come in too late for us to see. He is also a PrE power-user, so beats me hands down.
I travel a great deal, but no one ever misses me. Was supposed to do a trip to Sydney last Dec., but had to cancel. Have not gotten details on the reschedule of that trip, but it would have been my first jaunt south of the Equator. Gotta' make that happen.
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