Oh yea - forgot to say I'm only running one gig of ram so you have plenty!
jim

"Windoze" wrote:

>
> Greetings,
>
> I am looking for a new graphics card for the Dell I use at my current
> job for doing graphic design work. I am using a Dell OPTIPLEX GX620
> that has the default "Intel® 82945G Express Chipset Family" or
> "Integrated Intel Media Accelerator 950" (?) graphics card installed.
>
> Using Adobe Illustrator's 3D Effect is bringing this machine to its
> knees, not to mention every day Photoshop tasks. I looked on the Dell
> Web site and found the 256MB ATI Radeon X600 as an upgrade option.
>
> Do you think the 256MB ATI Radeon X600 will be adequate, or should I
> opt for something better?
>
> Hopefully a better card will increase productivity without needing to
> get more RAM, which I currently have 2GB of. I've never had to buy a
> graphics card for a PC before, so any advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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> Windoze
>