Need Help! Ip Camera selection for Computer or Possible NVR.

[BeatMaster 0]

I am very new with surveillance. I have a Mac and a Cisco PoE switch in here for computer networking. So I purchased a Swann 1080p 3MP IP camera to try out for my first time surveillance setup. I downloaded the software from Swann and here is my results...

1. The Swann software was very buggy in an insane way, but the day live view was ok. The live view was choppy for some reason. The software was really bad though.

2. The night view was not acceptable at all. So maybe it was my entire setup or something.

 

I was using a quad Mac Pro with zeon CPUs. Therefore, should the surveillance thing be done without the computer? Does anyone have a good night vision camera highly acceptable? Maybe the Swann ip camera and software perform better with the complete Swann system. The box stores here don't have many brands to select. So I pick the Swann because of the reviews. Therefore, what are the NVR's and ip cameras to buy that won't break the bank but perform better or acceptable?

 

Any input would be appreciated.