Matrox RT.X2 Card and Breakout Box Hardware

If you're a professional video editor concerned about getting maximum productivity from Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe CS3 Production Premium, you need the Matrox RT.X2  – the ideal solution for corporate communicators, event videographers, project studios, educational facilities and digital filmmakers!

See how the Matrox RT.X2 card enhances Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 performance!

• Realtime, mixed-format, multi-layer workflows that combine HD and SD material from analog and digital sources 
• Realtime Matrox Flex CPU effects — color correction, speed changes, chroma/luma keying and many more
• Realtime and accelerated Matrox Flex GPU effects — 2D/3D DVE, blur/glow/soft focus, shine and many more
• Extensive camera support including many new models from Canon, JVC, Panasonic, and Sony 
• Native HDV 1080i, HDV 1080p, HDV 720p (JVC ProHD), Panasonic P2 MXF 720p, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame HD editing 
• Native DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, Panasonic P2 MXF SD, and MPEG-2 4:2:2 I-frame SD editing 
• Realtime playback of 32-bit MPEG-2 I-frame AVI files with alpha in HD and SD 
• Realtime mixed-format multi-cam 
• Realtime high-quality hardware downscaling for SD output from an HD timeline 
• Accelerated export to DVD, multimedia formats including Flash Video, and Adobe Clip Notes 
• WYSIWYG for Adobe After Effects, Bridge, and Photoshop, Autodesk Combustion and 3ds Max, eyeon Fusion, NewTek LightWave 3D, and Windows Media Player with dynamic Alt+Tab switching 
• Composite, Y/C, HD/SD analog component input and output 
• Full-resolution HD monitoring on an inexpensive flat panel display via independent DVI output 

• Top 10 reasons to buy the Matrox RT.X2 (pdf)
• Compare the advantages of Matrox RT.X2 vs. Adobe Premiere Pro alone (pdf)
• Matrox RT.X2 Datasheet (pdf)

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit version only)
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 or Adobe CS3 Production Premium 
• Available PCI Express (PCIe) slot 
• Chassis with adequate space for the accelerator card
  • Matrox RT.X2 is a full-length PCI Express (PCIe) card & requires a chassis that can accommodate a full-length card.
• System power supply of 500 watts
• 2 GB of physical memory (RAM)
• Two processing cores - either two physical single-core processors, or one physical dual-core processor
• Display card (see list of validated cards for higher performance)
• Separate NTFS formatted hard drive for A/V content
   
• Choosing a computer or motherboard
• Choosing a display card (GPU)
• Choosing your storage