Hey I am no devils advocate but a sweeping statement about nVIDIA sounds very
slighted - there should be model equated with Wayne's Statement - nVIDIA's
suggested cards are not only memory intensive but chip speed is of paramount
importantance - This site will tell what nVIDIA recommends for Vista series
of software - Since you have Vista ULT. the more powerful the better for the
near term and long term development and life of your purchase - price
will figure in accordingly if you are using - are using CAD, MS Office,
watching TV, etc -
http://www.nvidia.com/page/technology_vista_home.html
and I would even look higher in there chipset line like the 8800 these cards
even thou pricey will most likely drivera will improved and be developed into
the future
I was looking at the nVidia 8800 series I stole some logic from reason by
looking at
http://www.alienware.com/product_de...sCode=PC-AREA51-7500-R4&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULTif
this is good enough for Alienware Comps (which are more targeted at gamers
but) the low end of the the gameing of the cards listed will do the job on
office applications and still then still be picked up at a decent price. And
if there is a power issues power managemnt one needs piont more specifics -
You should also take the same approach with ATI, EVGA, figure out who is
gaming buliding gaming systems with these companies cards look at there specs
for the low end typical office stuff and higher end if your ruuning CAD,
design programs and/or photoshop programs
