Please help me choose a gpu

[ianshep57]

Hi, i am looking to purchase a new gpu, i was thinking of the gigabyte gtx460 1gb version which is on special offer at about £145.I currently have a radeon 1600 which is quite an old card,the question is i do not play games (apart from the one that will come free with the card),so is this card too powerful for my needs?,which are blu-ray dvd playback and i also do a lot of video encoding with sony vegas.
My system specs are:
Intel I7 920 cpu
Gigabyte x58a ud3r motherboard
6gb corsair ram
Dell sp2309w monitor

so i am looking for a quite powerful card to match the above spec
If the gtx 460 is not suitable what would other members advice?
Thank you
Ian

 

[RavenXXX2]

You don't play games, you don't need a powerful GFX card then. This will do for bluray playback.

 

[jorzeh]

core i7 920 and 460 yummy.

 

[rolypolyman]

You don't play games, you don't need a powerful GFX card then. This will do for bluray playback.

+1

 

[ianshep57]

Thank you all for the quick replies, i was under the illusion a better card would help with the video encoding

 

[RavenXXX2]

Stick with the CPU for encoding, Vegas 10 GPU acceleration is poor, a good CPU like you have will always be faster.

 

[ianshep57]

Thank you RavenXXX2 for the reply,the version of sony vegas i use is only the movie studio 9 edition,but i am sure your reasoning regarding gpu acceleration still applies.
Are there any nvidia cards that meet my needs,as i have always used ati and was wondering if anything nvidia would be better.
Thanks again
Ian