Nvidia, Windows 7 and CineForm Prospect HD in CS4? at DVinfo.net

Mikael Bergstrom · October 24th, 2009, 08:41 AM

A simple question only

Will these work with CineForm Prospect HD in CS4 and Windows 7 64bit Ultimate?

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB PhysX CUDA

Or

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 with Elemental Accelerator

Which of these cards gives me the most performance for the money?

I need it for Red Giant software Looks 1.2 and Premiere CS4 (soon CS5) and for rendering out my 720p 25fps and 1080p 25fps CineForm files.

I also use ProCoder 3, will it help me there too?

Regards
Mikael

Mikael Bergstrom · October 24th, 2009, 12:24 PM

Is there no one here in this forum that can help me with this, please:-)

Mikael Bergstrom · October 24th, 2009, 04:17 PM

Thanks Mike:-)

Mike McCarthy · October 24th, 2009, 04:18 PM

Both should work fine. The cheaper one will be more bang for your buck in most instances. My reccommendation would actually be the GeForce 285, for the most support of emerging technologies at a reasonable price.

Mikael Bergstrom · October 24th, 2009, 04:26 PM

So is Nvidia compatible with CineForm now?

Mike McCarthy · October 24th, 2009, 04:33 PM

Nvidia has always been compatible with Cineform. The primary limitation in that regard has been that NVidia doesn't support full screen overlay to a second monitor. That my be fixed in CS4 if Cineform adds support for output to "surfaces" or something along those lines. There was talk about that a while back, but I don't remember all the details. AJA SDI out is the more professional way to get a full screen timeline monitor.

As far as encoding, the Elemental accelerator will speed up encoding of MPEG2 and H264 files, but NOTHING ELSE. So keep that in mind, but if you use those formats a lot, then the Quadro would be the way to go.

Mikael Bergstrom · October 24th, 2009, 04:53 PM

Thanks Mike:-)

I have the AJA XENA LHi so no problem there:-)

I heard that there is some problem with Windows 7 + Nvidia + Cineform but not with ATI, can you confirm that this is not the case?

This is what I'm talking about:
http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/attend-w...s-7-64bit.html

Graham Hickling · October 24th, 2009, 10:53 PM

That's a CS3 issue. The main CS4 issue with Cineform is no project trimming, and that isn't related to choice of video card.

Mikael Bergstrom · October 25th, 2009, 04:50 AM

Thanks Graham, glade it will work:-)

October 24th, 2009, 08:41 AM	#1
Mikael Bergstrom Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 133	Nvidia, Windows 7 and CineForm Prospect HD in CS4? A simple question only Will these work with CineForm Prospect HD in CS4 and Windows 7 64bit Ultimate? NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 1792MB PhysX CUDA Or NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 with Elemental Accelerator Which of these cards gives me the most performance for the money? I need it for Red Giant software Looks 1.2 and Premiere CS4 (soon CS5) and for rendering out my 720p 25fps and 1080p 25fps CineForm files. I also use ProCoder 3, will it help me there too? Regards Mikael

October 24th, 2009, 04:18 PM	#4
Mike McCarthy Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 517	Both should work fine. The cheaper one will be more bang for your buck in most instances. My reccommendation would actually be the GeForce 285, for the most support of emerging technologies at a reasonable price. __________________ For more information on these topics, check out my tech website at www.hd4pc.com

October 24th, 2009, 04:33 PM	#6
Mike McCarthy Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 517	Nvidia has always been compatible with Cineform. The primary limitation in that regard has been that NVidia doesn't support full screen overlay to a second monitor. That my be fixed in CS4 if Cineform adds support for output to "surfaces" or something along those lines. There was talk about that a while back, but I don't remember all the details. AJA SDI out is the more professional way to get a full screen timeline monitor. As far as encoding, the Elemental accelerator will speed up encoding of MPEG2 and H264 files, but NOTHING ELSE. So keep that in mind, but if you use those formats a lot, then the Quadro would be the way to go. __________________ For more information on these topics, check out my tech website at www.hd4pc.com

October 24th, 2009, 04:53 PM	#7
Mikael Bergstrom Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 133	Thanks Mike:-) I have the AJA XENA LHi so no problem there:-) I heard that there is some problem with Windows 7 + Nvidia + Cineform but not with ATI, can you confirm that this is not the case? This is what I'm talking about: http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/attend-w...s-7-64bit.html Last edited by Mikael Bergstrom; October 24th, 2009 at 05:50 PM.

October 24th, 2009, 12:24 PM	#2
Mikael Bergstrom Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 133	Is there no one here in this forum that can help me with this, please:-)

October 24th, 2009, 04:17 PM	#3
Mikael Bergstrom Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 133	Thanks Mike:-)

October 24th, 2009, 04:26 PM	#5
Mikael Bergstrom Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 133	So is Nvidia compatible with CineForm now?

October 24th, 2009, 10:53 PM	#8
Graham Hickling Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 1,669	That's a CS3 issue. The main CS4 issue with Cineform is no project trimming, and that isn't related to choice of video card.

October 25th, 2009, 04:50 AM	#9
Mikael Bergstrom Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 133	Thanks Graham, glade it will work:-)