Planned new PC build but unsure about the graphics card

Hi All

Planning a new box with an i5 Intel and W7 OS but am way out of date about graphics cards???

Ideally want a dual DVI output and favour nVidia (old experience with ATI put me off for life ) so for future proofing if/when I have the funds & space for second monitor a dual LUT card would be nice. Matrox used to be the PPers card of choice but IMO seem way overpriced! Note - suitability for NLE video editing would be required.

Intend to use the Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 motherboard and this has PCI Express x16 slots though only one runs at x16 the other runs at x4

Any pointers, user experience & suggestions would be appreciated

TIA

If you use CS4/CS5 for video, get a GTX285, it lets you decode and jog with MKII files!

You don't have to spend up big on your video card. If you're going to use Photoshop CS4 or CS5, then you need a card that supports OpenGL..and has a fair bit of onboard memory.

This from Adobe: For Photoshop to access the GPU, your display card must contain a GPU that supports OpenGL and has enough RAM to support Photoshop functions--at least 128 MB of RAM--and a display driver that supports OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 3.0.

A GTX285 like LSV suggested would be overkill....WAY overkill...but...it didn't stop me from getting one

Meaty0 wrote in post #9998332
You don't have to spend up big on your video card. If you're going to use Photoshop CS4 or CS5, then you need a card that supports OpenGL..and has a fair bit of onboard memory.

This from Adobe: For Photoshop to access the GPU, your display card must contain a GPU that supports OpenGL and has enough RAM to support Photoshop functions--at least 128 MB of RAM--and a display driver that supports OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 3.0.

A GTX285 like LSV suggested would be overkill....WAY overkill...but...it didn't stop me from getting one

He said NLE, which means Premeire Pro and After Effects. Both are much more card specific since they require special hardware support that has nothing to do with Open GL. GTX285 is the cheapest card that is supported, and if you have a 5dMKII, it's the best thing to get.

....ooops! Missed the bit about NLE. Must get better glasses. Totally agree...the GTX285 is the least expensive of the cards certified for Premiere Pro. But if money is no object, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 is very noice and heaps of memory.