Re: Video Cards, Advise and Going Wacky

["Maris V. Lidaka Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>]

Asus uses the nVidia card - I have it in dual-monitor configuration and it
works fine.  32MB GeForce

Maris

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From: "Rick Cambra" <slp@2xtreme.net>
To: "A A Leben List" <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Video Cards, Advise and Going Wacky


> I want to buy a video card for my 6 month old Intel mother board with
256meg
> of ram. Currently it has on-board video with an additional 4meg ram stick,
> but only shows 24 bit color.
>
> I use Photoshop 6.0 for photo editing with a 17" Viewsonic flat screen CRT
> monitor (not LCD).  Like so many other people when you research hardware
you
> start out needing this, then you need that, then you just got to have this
> feature, then you wonder such a little video card can cost $20000.
>
> I think all I really need is a good video card with ( I assume) 32+ meg of
> ram that will work good with Photoshop.
>
> I'm not against dual-heads or using 2 single heads if I wanted to use a
> second monitor to display Photoshop Pallets, brushes, ect.  I rarely play
> games on the computer unless I'm to the point where I really want to shoot
> something or somebody.
>
> My 2nd computer has a Matrox card, but I've heard ATI and Asus are good.
>
> Appreciate any advise.
>
> Rick Cambra
>
>
>
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