I did phone them on the weekend to seek some advice on the GeForce GT alternatives, but the brief conversation was rather difficult (constantly being put on hold) and all I managed to glean was GeForce GT640 OK, but not 650. The standard upgrade would have been the same with 2GB DDR3 HD6670 card. I bought the PC ‘on a tight budget’ from an outfit who specialize in building gaming PC’s. The specs state: '500W (or greater) power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended'. I did think about the HD7770 also, but I'm concerned that the 450W PSU on my PC might not be up to it. I'm actually based in Canada and definitely New Egg apply tax on Canadian orders. I have seen a few comparisons in relation to gaming, where, by and large, they appear to have similar performance (as 'entry level' cards) but being somewhat influenced by the games being played and the 'computing boosts' they favor.

I would be grateful for any advice on which of these two cards might better provide the optimum benefit from the hardware acceleration support in VS Pro 圆, ideally from hands-on experience or else based on the specs. In the VS 圆 user guide, it states, quote ' For optimum performance, VGA cards must support DXVA2 VLD mode with Vertex and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later' I have no idea what all that means. With 450W PSU, that really limits the choice to:Īlthough there is this 2GB DDR3 version on-sale locally which I am considering:Ī tad pricier, but also available locally: I am presently running good old XP Pro SP3, but was anyway planning to upgrade to Windows 8, or maybe Windows 7 (if I can find a better deal), within the next week or so.Īnyhow, the main subject of my inquiry is on the choice of a suitable graphics card upgrade.

Now, I'm rather disappointed to find that the integrated ATI Radeon HD3000 GPU does not support hardware acceleration.Īnd looking at the requirements for VS 圆, I see that this also needs a minimum of 512MB VRAM and at least Windows Vista. Monitor: LG Flatron 19' LCD (legacy from my old system)Īnd I've also now just upgraded from Corel Video Studio 11+ to Pro 圆, primarily to benefit from the multi-threading support. Graphics: ATI Radeon HD3000 integrated (AMD 760G chipset) I've just recently upgraded my PC setup from an ancient single-core cpu (AMD) PC to an 6-core AMD PC:

Corel videostudio pro x6 fx