nvidia 9600/9800GT vs FX1700 - adobe premiere CS4

[jamesc]

Hi,
Ive read in a couple of places that premiere CS4 will only benefit from a quad-gc despite CUDA acceleration. Wanted to clear this up, and then decide whether it is worthwhile spending 3x more for a fx1700 as opposed to a 9600 or 9800gt?

My editing is all 2d, with colour correction, opacity, text overlays etc

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

It's OGL based so it's not a question of hardware so much as locked/unlocked drivers.

Since there are nV cards that are soft-modable, I would consider looking at going that route to get the best of both worlds, also the resale value of a gaming card is higher initially (if you shop wisely to begin with).

 

[Barabuka]

Which cards are those? (soft-modable) and where do you get the drivers?
Is there a good forum to read?
Thanks

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Google Soft mod Quadro.

 

[Barabuka]

Thanks, good starting point!

 

[jamesc]

Ive had no luck with soft modding my 8600GT...Renders of my 1hr program increased from 40min to an hour! Ill grab my 8800GT and give it a go, not sure if thatll make any diff.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

It should, if gfx perf is = to rendering this way at all. The 86 is lousy compared to a 88