Question about video cards and render times

I would like to know if having a REAL video card (not a GeForce with a measly 64 megs of RAM), would help with the rendering times in iDVD? I prefer to use the High Quality settings, so rendering is taking a very long time. Would a card with more video RAM help this along any faster? Thanks in advance.

I would be surprised, if the grafic card (=display) is involved in the process of encoding a videoDVD... (???) this a computational task =>CPU, main system...
factors for encoding speed are:
* CPU (G3/4/5/dual/quad/Intel)
* RAM (… as much as your wallet allows...)
* speed of harddrive..
* other tasks... best practise: let encoding the only main task...
* lots of free space on internal drive (iDVD needs at last 10 - 15GB free); trying to create a videoDVD with letssay 3GB free adds hours of encoding time
helpful?

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Graphics cards have all those standard today... or at least they should unless you get a really cheap Graphics card. The kind of graphics card and processor and other specs of the computer you want to get should depend on what you want to do with it. It also depends on the kind of games you want to play. If you're playing FPS [first person shooter] then you need a really good graphics card and processor. If you're playing something like Diablo 2 or something that's on the lower end of graphics then you just need decent specs. Graphics cards, I suggest something with aGeForce Nividia card... as of today, they are in the 9 series for high-end cards I believe. For processors... get something like Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 or T9600 or the Core 2 Quatros or Extremes. Extremes are intended for hardcore gaming and would be more expensive. For RAM you should have at least 2GB... you can always upgrade that later.
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$3k+ get a customized alienware
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$1-2k get a cheaper customized dell, or sony vaio
under $1k... well I don't know what to say... you can't really get a nice gaming computer for under that price.
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JM

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