Should I start a new thread about what video card to buy?

I am prepared to spend up to £140 max.

Starting a new thread would make the subject easier to discuss.

140 Pounds may be on the low end of the price range for a good performing Video card for editing.

This link is the Video Card Benchmarks. Check out the High end Video Cards.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

Prices are in USD and are Manufacturer's suggested price. Most cards are lower than the price in the chart. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Hi Rob1965,

Speaking of SSD's here is a great link regarding tweaks that SSD's need to keep them in top form, like they do not like being defragged. This information is about 9-12 months old, it is so hard to keep up when you are at the bleeding edge.

http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/SSD_Tweaks

Also if you have a spare week to while away here is another link with 51 pages of what people think of SSD's.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1555205

Cheers

Robert My youtube channel====> http://www.youtube.com/user/relate2?feature=mhsn

Thanks for that link Carl.

I notice that you have a HD 5770 1Gb & Ultra64. Is that card sufficient?

Thanks for that link Carl.

I notice that you have a HD 5770 1Gb & Ultra64. Is that card sufficient?

It is sufficient, but it is getting long in the tooth, there are better Video Cards now.

I can not use Hardware Acceleration with PD9, I could use Hardware Acceleration in PD8.
Powerdirector 9 and the ATI driver are not being friendly.
I have Catalyst 11.8, so the driver is up to date.

Powerdirector 9 for some reason is having problems using Hardware Acceleration with both AMD and Nvidia cards.
If you search this forum, you will find a lot of posts on hardware acceleration not working correctly in PD9.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.