Best graphics card for a DAW?

What do you guys think is the best graphics card for audio DAWs?

What is the majority of users here using?

I think personally ATI cards are the better choice..

If your Running X1 with no problems, what card do you have??

I have 2 Nvidia 8800GTS in Sli.

Unless you plan to spend $$ on the high end ATI cards, I would just stick with Nvidia.

See i have  a nvidia 8600 gt andon xp i get DPC latency spikes every time i move the curser or a a window, pretty much anythingthat moves causes latency...


So im lookin to swap it out...

And yes i tried to fix it, nothing will help, i am positive its the card though...

Kev999

...the best graphics card for audio DAWs?

For image quality, nothing beats a Matrox card.  However, I believe that none of their cards have been updated to work with Windows 7 yet.  I'm still running XP, so this is not a problem for me.

I have a Matrox QID PCIe card (quad) and its working fine with Win 7 64bit
 
And yes, matrox is well known for working fine with DAWs AFAIK.
I've had 3 Matrox G550 earlier, they've all been perfect.

VigilantSound

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...i am positive its the card though...

May I ask how you have come to this conclusion? Typically, the best way to determine what is causing spikes is to disable devices... but disabling a graphics card isn't really an option (for obvious reasons like not being able to see the DPC graph anymore! :p)

You sure it's not your mouse? (more specifically your USB controller/hub in which the mouse is connected to). I say this because even when you are doing nothing, the screen is still being updated 60+ times per sec by the graphics card. So you would still get DPC spikes even when not moving the windows etc if it was graphics.

PS - Are all drivers up to date? {Chipset (for USB etc), Video card, mouse, etc}.

On my last build, I thought the video was built in to the MOBO..... but after putting it all together, and looking for a way to connect the monitor, I soon discovered it wasn't.

A trip back to the computer parts big box vendor and I had a dual monitor video card. I think I paid about $15 for it. It wasn't the cheapest one in the store, but it was close.

It is a GEForce 210 and it works well. I run one 19" monitor and I can see everything I need to see, to do everything I need to do.

 
If there's another thread I should be on, I genuinely apologize ... please re-direct me if so.
 
Any SONAR X2a Users out there using dual-monitors?
 
Long Lead-in to my Question ... I'm running SONAR X2a x64 on a ZT Systems 3.00 Ghz with 16 Gig of Memory and I recently purchased a Roland Studio Capture (awesome by-the-way) and now I've decided to get a larger monitor (currently have a 24 inch) due to my age-visual-deteriorization (meaning I'm getting old and can't see like I used to be able to) and during this process I thought "why not go to dual-monitors" and use the 24 inch for exclusively for the Studio Capture's Control Panel windows and when not using it ... float some of SONAR's windows to it. 
 
I was looking at the back of my computer and there is only 1 VGA port (where my 24 inch is hooked-up to) and 1 DVI-D port (available).  I was considering getting a 32 inch Samsung Smart TV and what I found out was most TVs today really aren't geared-up to attached to the available DVI-D port ... I've also read and heard that converter (DVI TO HDMI) cables and plugs aren't really reliable with the dual monitor concept.
 
So,   ... now, finally the question.  Would it be best to purchase a new PCI graphics card with HDMI/VGA/DVI capability and install it to gain dual monitor capability?  Or, should I just skip the dual-monitor concept and purchase the graphics card with HDMI and the 32 inch Samsung and live with one monitor.
 
I'll take all suggestions with regard to graphics cards mentioned above into consideration, thanks for all of that input dudes and dudettes.
 
Don't hesitate to let me know I'm heading down the road in the wrong direction ... anybody reading this thread knows we've all spent good money after bad money to get this far!  I'm trying to avoid another bad expenditure in my life!
 
As most of you know out there ... nothing worse than buggering-up a stable system and that is my uppermost solid priority here ... but I need to see the screen!
 
T. Dale
 
"when you're up to your butt in alligators, it's easy to forget the initial objective was to drain the swamp"
 

Thanks spacealf ... in the interest of keeping things solid and stable, I've found a Samsung S27C450D 27 inch actual computer monitor that has VGA and DVI-D inputs so it's as simple as hooking-up two cables and going into Windows 7 and identifying the montors.  So with regard to the existing graphics card that I have, I'll just keep it for now and get on with finishing my projects that I've got started.  I'll keep the advised graphic card in my thoughts for future changes.  Thanks again for your time and input.

I use a NVS 510 tp Power 4 monitors.
I have used the NVS Cards for over 7 years and never had problems With them.
I do not do any gaming..  so need for fancy Graphics.
If you dabble in audio/video this a great card With good colour.