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Need a new video card 2D is the most important factor

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CalvinHobbes

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Needs to run my LCD at 1280x1024. I was thinking ATI because they're supposed to have good 2D. I've always owned Nvidia cards so I'm not familiar with ATI. Want to keep it under $100 if possible.
 
I have a Gigabyte 9250 128mb agp card as a backup and it has excellent 2D quality. Plays DVD movies smoothly as well. Got mine at newegg for $45.00.

Here is a list of the 9250's a newegg:


[L]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1[/L]

 
If by 2d, you mean photoshop like applications, any modern gpu will do, as %90 of the work is CPU/ram/harddrive bound
 
I meant as far as quality of text and images in Windows. This machine will only be used for the web, photo editing, and light video editing.
 
Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
I meant as far as quality of text and images in Windows. This machine will only be used for the web, photo editing, and light video editing.
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If you're using an LCD (which it sounds like you are), you should get an ATI RADEON 9XXX card with DVI out. Unless you have a super-crappy LCD without DVI input, in which case I would look for a Matrox card, or go with an ATI RADEON 9XXX (which is usually better than NVIDIA-based solutions, but it really can vary by model and manufacturer).
 
Matrox (G400 Max is nice); Radeon as above. Early Nvidia cards did not have great 2D; Nvida may not be your first choice for your particular applications.However, it is card dependent.
 
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