Guest MarcusB Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 We have 300 computers and soon we will change part of them, but we have problem to choose graphic card for the new ones. What we can gain buing more advanced card? We had AGP Matrox milennium with 32MB RAM. I tested some new ATI and NVidia card with 512 MB RAM, both with DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 and I do not see the difference besides that the last ones get more hot and need better cooling. What is all about this stupid mess with graphic cards? Who need faster one than those with AGP contact. I tested also some cards at my home computer with PCIexpressx16 and I really do not see any difference in speed compared to the AGP cards. At work people are using Windows XP, Microsoft Office, ArcGis and Internet Explorer. Similar at home Plase help me to solve this misteries. Is it marketing only??? MarcusB
Guest Andrew E. Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 RE: Which graphic card Surfing the web or editing misc on the desktop or the OS,you wont see much diffrence.On-Line gaming,you will,as would you in video viewing/editing, etc.... "MarcusB" wrote: > We have 300 computers and soon we will change part of them, but we have > problem to choose graphic card for the new ones. > What we can gain buing more advanced card? We had AGP Matrox milennium > with 32MB RAM. I tested some new ATI and NVidia card with 512 MB RAM, > both with DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 and I do not see the difference besides > that the last ones get more hot and need better cooling. What is all > about this stupid mess with graphic cards? Who need faster one than > those with AGP contact. > > I tested also some cards at my home computer with PCIexpressx16 and I > really do not see any difference in speed compared to the AGP cards. > > > At work people are using Windows XP, Microsoft Office, ArcGis and > Internet Explorer. > Similar at home > Plase help me to solve this misteries. Is it marketing only??? > > MarcusB >
Guest Bob I Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 Re: Which graphic card You will find that the AGP slot is not to be found in new computers. MarcusB wrote: > We have 300 computers and soon we will change part of them, but we have > problem to choose graphic card for the new ones. > What we can gain buing more advanced card? We had AGP Matrox milennium > with 32MB RAM. I tested some new ATI and NVidia card with 512 MB RAM, > both with DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 and I do not see the difference besides > that the last ones get more hot and need better cooling. What is all > about this stupid mess with graphic cards? Who need faster one than > those with AGP contact. > > I tested also some cards at my home computer with PCIexpressx16 and I > really do not see any difference in speed compared to the AGP cards. > > > At work people are using Windows XP, Microsoft Office, ArcGis and > Internet Explorer. > Similar at home > Plase help me to solve this misteries. Is it marketing only??? > > MarcusB
Guest John John (MVP) Posted October 22, 2008 Posted October 22, 2008 Re: Which graphic card You may want to ask ArcGis what they recommend as minimum video adapter for their software, these types of programs usually see increased performance with better video cards. PCIe is the new standard, if you buy new computers they will probably come with the newer PCIe, you will have to do some digging around to get new computers with AGP slots and you would limit your hardware choices. AGP is going the way of ISA slots and dodo birds. John MarcusB wrote: > We have 300 computers and soon we will change part of them, but we have > problem to choose graphic card for the new ones. > What we can gain buing more advanced card? We had AGP Matrox milennium > with 32MB RAM. I tested some new ATI and NVidia card with 512 MB RAM, > both with DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 and I do not see the difference besides > that the last ones get more hot and need better cooling. What is all > about this stupid mess with graphic cards? Who need faster one than > those with AGP contact. > > I tested also some cards at my home computer with PCIexpressx16 and I > really do not see any difference in speed compared to the AGP cards. > > > At work people are using Windows XP, Microsoft Office, ArcGis and > Internet Explorer. > Similar at home > Plase help me to solve this misteries. Is it marketing only??? > > MarcusB
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