Ok, so I don't game. . .

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Limp Gawd
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Hi all,

I have been wondering this for a long time, and as I approach buying my first desktop (kinda prebuilt (as in i have chosen each component but the company builds it) I am not totally sure on what a video card does apart from gaming.

I don't think I will be doing any gaming (except maybe a snooker game which isn't very demanding on the grapics). I will be using photoshop a lot and using a 2005fpw (1680x1050).
So, how good a card do I need? A Geforce 6200 is currently what I'm planning to get currently.. . .but I still don't totally understand what kind of graphics cards are recommended if you don't game, will any do?

Thanks - sorry if its a silly question
 
I have a 6200 in my HTPC (see sig) this works great as it has VGA, DVI and S-Video connections on it. Runs HDTV and has all the latest bells and whistles, its just not that powerfull. The 1 I have is passive cooling which drew me to it. Also price was a factor think I paid about £40 for it.

Only games I've played on it are World Championship Poker and CS1.6 which it handled perfectly well. This was @ 1024x768 so not sure what the increased resolution will mean but you're not a big gamer.

Hope this helps a little
 
get another 6200 and put it in sli mode.



Kidding. Yea for photoshop any card pretty much does the job now a days. You'd want at least 124 meg video card to refresh bigger files in my opinion.

Where I work we all use 9800pros and handles everything perfectly.

Make sure your actual RAM though is 1gig-2 though.
 
yeah for what you're doing you won't need anything spectacular. The only real big thing I'd look for is a DVI port...that 2005fpw will looks much better over DVI than over VGA. Other than that, just get a modern card like the 6200 or the x300 and you should be good to go.
 
The 6200 card is an "ok" card. To be quite honest, I'd see if you can upgrade to a 6600GT with DVI.
 
pebl said:
The 6200 card is an "ok" card. To be quite honest, I'd see if you can upgrade to a 6600GT with DVI.
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There is no reason to get the 6600GT. The 6200 will do the job just fine.
 
You could use a 2 year old card AGP, just about any PCI card will do.

pebl, that's a horrid recommendation. There is no reason a system that isn't running 3d to buy any of the "GT" series cards.
 
Well, the 6200 probably is a turbocache card, which uses the system memory and can make the system feel slower. There are some 6200's with onboard memory, which is what you should go for.

Even a 6600 non-gt won't be too much more than the 6200 series and is probably what I'd get. Much better performace for when Vista comes along, and only a small incremental cost.

 
here is what I got has all 3 connections does all that i require for htpc. As ur not going to be gaming maybe noise lvl is a consideration and this is silent.
 
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