Been using the Gigabyte 2600Pro.
- Silent
- Single slot
- HDMI Out (via adapter)
- Native VC1, H264 etc acceleration
- Reasonably priced (around $125 - $140 AUS if you look about)
So far its worked a dream (courtesy of advice from this forum). Vista drivers have worked fine too. Only issues I will mention are:
In one circumstance the TV I was using was 1366x768, the card would only do 1360, and the other pixels were green (ie 3 each side), but this may have been the TV, didnt experiment much further though.
The card does get hot if there is no ambient airflow around it. Mine is in an Antec NSK2400 and would hit 70 degrees cause it was stuck in the corner with no airflow. Any airflow dramatically helps, but duh, this applies to
any passive cooling.
So in a nutshell: Great card, love it.