Should I update my GeForce 7600GT?

[rappy]

I am not a gamer, But I do some home video conversions/editing. I am in the process of updating my rig slowly. Just purchased a 64 Virtex2 SSD. Want to update Mobo a CPU early 2011.

Do I need to update my video card? Would I gain anything besides having a "new toy"? If so, my choices would be either a GTX460 (Overkill?), GTS450, or maybe an equivalent ATI? If I do, I will wait a few weeks for the new ATI's to become available (hoping to get a deal with expected price drops?).

Thanks in advance,

Rappy

 

[taltamir]

if you don't play games, and you don't output directly to a TV (that is, you have a TV physically plugged in to your computer) then you gain absolutely nothing from such an upgrade.

 

[blastingcap]

I am not a gamer, But I do some home video conversions/editing. I am in the process of updating my rig slowly. Just purchased a 64 Virtex2 SSD. Want to update Mobo a CPU early 2011.

Do I need to update my video card? Would I gain anything besides having a "new toy"? If so, my choices would be either a GTX460 (Overkill?), GTS450, or maybe an equivalent ATI? If I do, I will wait a few weeks for the new ATI's to become available (hoping to get a deal with expected price drops?).

Thanks in advance,

Rappy

I would recommend a Sandy Bridge CPU if you do standard types of transcoding. See this preview: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/intels-sandy-bridge-architecture-exposed

In case you need to do funky stuff that Sandy Bridge's embedded graphics can't do, Sandy Bridge's fast quad-core parallelism can help with that.