Is a good graphics card required to edit 720p HD video on laptop?

I was once told I'll need a 1 GB dedicated card, but someone just told me yesterday, intel HD 3000 could do the trick.



All other specs I know for a fact are up to par (2nd gen i5 core and so forth), but my question is in the card? Also does screen size play a part?|||Whoever told you that you needed a 1GB dedicated card to edit 720p HD video was lying. An Intel HD 3000 will definitely do the trick. If you want to play games, then go with the 1GB dedicated graphics card. If you're going to be editing a lot, you may want to consider going with an i7 quad core processor, but an i5 dual core processor should get the job done. Screen size does not play a part, the resolution may, but I am assuming your screen is 1366x768 (720p HD).|||You need a good CPU -- so long as you have a CPU capable of doing 4 threads at once, like a Core i5 Sandy Bridge CPU, you are good.



A GPU is not actually a requirement -- you can edit video using CPU power alone. Some programs will allow you to use your GPU to do some processing though -- but the results are never as good as one done using X86 processors.