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I have been using an (?8x) AGP GeForce Fx 5700LE video card on my linux
system (AMD athlon 64), am about to build a new system using AMD Athlon 64
X2 dual core cpu). Expensive. At first I was going to go with the GeForce
7800 pci express, but I am wondering if that is really worth the $$$ and
is overkill? Would the much cheaper GeForce 6500 suffice? Both are
PCI-express which is much faster compared to what I am used to, both are
256MB, and I plan to have 4GB system RAM on the motherboard.
My main purpose for better system and graphics capability is to do Adobe
Photoshop type graphics art (using The Gimp actually instead of Adobe),
doing collages of up to 10 layers 20x30 inches 300dpi. Not a whole lot of
3D graphics except that is nice for gaming, and for some 3D art rendering
e.g. using Blender (software app).
$62 USD nVidia PCI-express 256MB GeForce 6500:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814141017
$300 USD nVidia PCI-express 256MB GeForce 7800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130249
system (AMD athlon 64), am about to build a new system using AMD Athlon 64
X2 dual core cpu). Expensive. At first I was going to go with the GeForce
7800 pci express, but I am wondering if that is really worth the $$$ and
is overkill? Would the much cheaper GeForce 6500 suffice? Both are
PCI-express which is much faster compared to what I am used to, both are
256MB, and I plan to have 4GB system RAM on the motherboard.
My main purpose for better system and graphics capability is to do Adobe
Photoshop type graphics art (using The Gimp actually instead of Adobe),
doing collages of up to 10 layers 20x30 inches 300dpi. Not a whole lot of
3D graphics except that is nice for gaming, and for some 3D art rendering
e.g. using Blender (software app).
$62 USD nVidia PCI-express 256MB GeForce 6500:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814141017
$300 USD nVidia PCI-express 256MB GeForce 7800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130249