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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
If you don't plan on gaming, you don't have to get a blazing fast video card. Aero will still work with most low end cards that are out these days.
Stick with nVidia, not ATI. VRAM is used for loading textures in 3D graphics. Games use this mostly, but other applications can and do use this on occasion. It's best not to skimp on the card, as you'll regret it later.
Also, consider this. You may not do gaming now...but plan for the future. Do NOT buy a low end card now, then expect it to work well 2-3 years from now when applications and operating systems change.
I'd recommend putting about $250-400 bucks into the card if you can.
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Thanks for your thoughts. Definately don't anticipate any gaming- Coaching my kids soccer team is the closest I'll get
haha. I barely have enough time to spend with my family or race my cars, so I doubt I'll ever find the time to sit behind a computer for fun! haha.
I looked up some more expensive cards and a lot don't seem to support VGA. Do you have any cards you recommend? I run 3-4 monitors, 2 are VGA 2 are DVI. I want to maintain atleast 1 VGA for graphics work. Some of the lower range cards offer DVI to VGA for one of the ports.
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