Legit Reviews

First, I want to say hi to everyone on this forums. Here is the situation, I bought a computer . I would have actually liked to build one but I have very limited knowledge when it comes to computers. So I bought the computer, mainly for some casual video editing and gaming. My graphics card is ATI Radeon HD 3450. I been reading the reviews about this card and I am "guessing" that I could get something better ( I have not test it with any games because my previous gaming have always been on consoles).
Then I was also looking for some tv turner/ Video capture cards. I want to capture some high quality video. The truth is that there is so many options out there that I dont know where to focus my attention. Should I go for a USB capture device or a Pci express capture card? .

What do you guys recomend for a graphics card upgrade and for Video capture?.
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Computer Specs:
Windows Vista home Premium
64-bit operating system
Intel (R) Core (TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67 GHZ
640GB HDD - 7200RPM
ATI Radeon HD 3450
Delta Electronics 360w PSU
6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM

PCIe x1: 3 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slot

Thanks.

Welcome to the Forums!

As long as you didn't pay through the nose for it, it looks like a decent system. My first area of concern would be the power supply. 360W is a bit smallish by today's standards, even on a basic system. If you plan to upgrade the video card, and add a capture card, I would probably look at something with a bit more juice.

As for the video card, the 3450 is also a little low end for the system. A lot of options are available, from both ATI and NVIDIA in the $100-125 price range that would destroy the 3450, and of course high prices even better than that.

Video capture. I use a simple USB Dazzle block on my wife's computer to take videos from our camcorder to the hard drive. Other options include internal cards in PCI or PCI-Express. If you are looking at high quality video, I would say the USB solution is probably not for you. I'm sure there are others on the board that will step up and give you some ideas of what to look for.

Good luck with the new system, and again, Welcome to the Forums!

Add another hard drive also - or 2 or 3

capture cards - I am taking it you want to cap OTA hd signals? Dvico Fusion ( http://www.fusionhdtv.co.kr/ENG/product ... press.aspx - the list of cards is on the left ) would be a good choice. Your main concern would be to get an antenna that can pull HD signals in RELIABLY.

Mike

You REALLY will notice a performance increase if you capture/edit video on a system using one drive to hold your programs and another drive to capture to. best case is 4 drives - main drive with windows, capture drive, final edit save drive, data drive/swap drive.