My father is going to order a new computer today or tomorrow.
The computer will mostly be used for video editing/creating/recording. But that doesn't mean that I won't install any game on it
Anyway, here are the specs:
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 6400
- Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi Edition
- RAM: 2x1GB DDR2 667MHz Kingston
- Floppy Drive
- HDD: 320GB SATA2 Seagate
- Graphics Card: Asus GeForce 7600GS 512MB PCI-Express
- Mouse/Keyboard: Logitech MX3200
- DVD Drives: DVD-RW LG 185 and another LG DVD ROM
- Video Card: Pinnacle Studio 700
- Monitor: Samsung 920N 19"
- Case: A Heroichi one
- Power Supply: Green Power 550Watt (Not sure about the brand)
Total Cost: €1640
What do you think about it?
The guy at the store that made the plan suggested of getting either one of these graphics card:
- ATI X1600 Pro 256MB HDMI (My father would like to have a graphic card that has HDMI on it, because we recently bought a TV with HDMI and we would like to make full use of it instead of converting the signal to analog and then back to digital
) (- €15 on the total price)
- ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB (+ €80 on the total price)
- ATI Radeon X1650 X 1650 Pro 512MB (+ €30 on the total price)
Any changes you would make to the computer?
Do you think it would be better to get another graphic card?
I believe that the above graphics cards (with the exception of the first one) are better than a 7600GS, but I had bad experience with an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.
Another problem is that one of the above graphics card (if I'm not mistaken, the first one) was out of stock and the store would probably get one after 20/02, and of course, another problem is money
Also, can anyone tell me the difference(s) between a Video Card and a TV Card?
I know that TV Cards have a tuner and that Video Cards have a SCART receiver (wrong word?) or something similar to that (and they don't have a tuner)
Why are they special for Video recording while you can do the same thing with a TV Card?
Thanks
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