Video card blows up after power supply frys

[northernbob]

I was wondering a good video card for around 150 -200 dollars. My power supply nuked and took out the vid card. Power supply was under warranty but vid card wasnt. So gotta get a new one. I do a lot of video editing. Not shure weather to get nvdia or ati.

[penguinrusty]

What slot do you have? AGP, pci-e, or pci? Do you know if you would like nVidia or ATI?

[northernbob]

I had a nvidia fx 5200 128mb a couple years old. I liked it a lot no complants at all with it. Dont honestly know what one to go with will br agp though pci too expensive but I do have the room. system specs.
p4 3.2ghz 800mhz fsb 1 gig ram 260gig hd used for both gaming and video editing so an all around computer.

[penguinrusty]

ATI Radeon 9800 pro, or geforce 6800

[tron696]

If you want a good video capture, editing card take a look at the ATI AIW 9600XT. Lots of good capture features and will play the most recent games with ease. I use a little app. called atitool that overclocks the card 10% at startup (this is adjustable). With a core freq. of 577 mhz and an effective memory speed of 710 mhz it plays Farcry and Doom 3 with ease.

[bubba069]

if your realy into the vid editing, I would get a card that is suited for your gaming. ATI now has a separate attachment that has all the AIW (all in wonder) features, about 90us, that will work wether or not you are running ATI vid or NVidia.

http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/multimedia/ati/tvwond/usb2/p2.shtml

but if you getting real serious about the vid editing, I would look into getting a nice firewire DV bridge or PCI DV card, similar to this

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Studio+500-PCI+version+10.htm

[northernbob]

I have a pinnacle video capture card and software already works great. The one your talking about i recomend it also. I was thionkin about a nvidia fx6600 with 256mbvid ram the price is right about 130-150 shipped on ebay. I think that i dont have to reinstall any new software. Lat time I updated the vid driver said for all fx series. So i think i will go nivdia. I had an radeon card when they first came out and had nothing but trouble with it. Also is agpp better or pci. I dont have pci-e. Thanks for the help. Im not counting ati out yet though. think about this one.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5236991577&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

[bubba069]

agp is better than pci

pci-e is better than agp

looks like a good card though