Mac Pro graphics cards

[theowebb]

Ok, so i must first confess that i am AMATEUR when it comes to graphics cards... know bugger all about them so could i PLEASE have some help!

Basically i am looking to get a mac pro as i am heavily into photo and video editing and wish to pursue both as careers and so i am looking at the options that are available to me with the mac pro thru apple...

They are:

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (1 or 2 possible, budget wise)
or
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

I am not sure whether 2 of the ATI Radeon would be superior to the NVIDIA or whether it is better to have 2 instead of one in video editing, etc.


Thanks for your help in advance!

Theo

 

[jaykay]

I would go for the Nvidia 8800Gt it will be much faster, than even 2 2600xt.

 

[Quixote]

Well neither Photo or Video editing need 3D graphics acceleration, so I would get 1 2600xt. Of couse, if you want to do 3D ie Maya or Cinema 4D on your Mac, it's probably best to go for the 8800GT. Likewise if you want to install windows as well & play games on it. Otherwise the cheapest card will do.

 

[MumboJumbo]

The 8800GT is by far the faster card. But if apple are anything like any of the other pc retailers then they have probably charged a healthy premium on putting one of them in instaed which isn't work it unless you will be gaining or usign something doing a lot of 3d rendering.

 

[theowebb]

Not too bad a premium luckily, at least compared to their RAM!! Ha, what a joke!

Thanks for the help!

 

[MumboJumbo]

just relised how bad my typing was there. my typing has been getting awfull recently.