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I just purchased a Matrox Card for my Mac Pro 3,1 and was wondering how it may increase performance. Right now I am running a test file (for a project that has already been delivered) and so far, I am not noticing a significant difference. Unsure if the file is H264, but definitely Quicktime.
Is additional software needed? Any dirvers? System Profiler shows a card identified as "pci102b,8340:"
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 3,1 DP QC 2.8 GHZ, 8 GB RAM
Which Matrox card?
You are using it to compress a video file to H.264?
MtD
Yeah, only the Matrox MAX cards add any performance...and ONLY when converting files to H.264.
Matrox Compress HD Professional Accelerator Card For PC & MAC MATROX-MCHD
And if it is one of the h264 accelarator cards, be aware that when I asked about this a few years ago, it only works on certain standard pixel dimensions.
Well you should check if you have the latest/appropriate driver for the hardware and software you are using.
It's been a few years since I owned a Matrox product but go to the website, create an account and navigate to the support download page which will give you options to find the correct driver for the OS and NLE, etc. that you are using.
MtD
Matrox Card and FCS 3
