Best single slot video card 2011 video editing

Well maybe go for a nvidea because of the cuda cores. Maybe a 400 series ?

It also depends on which programs you use ;

For Adobe Premiere CS5 Mercury Playback engine we recommend the nVidia GTX470/570+ or a Quadro 2000/4000 card.
For Avid Media Composer we recommend a minimum of a QuadroFX1800 or Quadro2000.
Sony Vegas does not benefit from GPU while editing, but Vegas 10 does offer some GPU accelerated rendering. So for Vegas 9 any good ATI or nVidia card with 768+
megs RAM will do. Vegas Pro 11 will support GPU and CUDA acceleration, so get a GTX470/570 or higher.
For consumer video editing apps like Pinnacle Studio we recommend an ATI or nVidia card with 768+ megs

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what is your budget?

I have recently started using Cyberlink PowerDirector 9 Ultimate a 64 bit program. (I have used both Pinnacle Studio and Premiere Elements but found both wanting.) I have a relatively powerful HP Pavillion Elite desktop with the first version of the core i7 950 processor and 12 GB DDR3 memory. I opted for the 1 GB nVidia GeForce GT 220 board thinking I would upgrade only to discover that the computer had a single slot. Do any of your recommended boards come in a single slot version? If so what would be best with the computer and this video editing program.

I'm looking up to about $300.

how long a video card will your case limit?


how about getting a new case? (ideal and adds minimum cost/maximum benefit)

if you get a new case you will be able to fit a really nice video card for hd video/editing/visual content (basically best bet and then let's go from there) if not,

what is the model number of your pc?

What do you mean by single slot ? You have only 1 slot but with room underneath that ? Or you have one slot and no room what so ever ? I mean by this that all the double slot cards physicly only use 1 pcie slot but do need the room of 2 slots because of the casing and fan. Sometimes people think they really need 2 pcie slots, thats why i ask.

My model is a HP Pavillion Elite e9280t and its about 2 years old with an early core i7 950 processor and 12 GB DDR3 memory

Excellent point. I have no idea, since I haven't looked inside. You may well be right that the space will accommodate something larger than a "single slot" card.

you are fine with a regular card...just checked HP's website

you will want to get a shorter card

Thank you.

how many watts does your psu have?