Do I really need an NVIDIA QuadroFX card for Media Composer?
Avid Media Composer will run on other graphics cards, but for best results you really want to go with an NVIDIA Quadro FX1500/1700 or higher. Over the past few years we have found that graphics card issues are the number one tech support problem for our Avid customers. By simply upgrading the graphics card to a QuadroFX 1500/1700 we have resolved more then 75% of these issues and our customers report not only improved stability, but far better performance.