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My graphics card...
Sep. 11th, 2012 10:34 am...is so old.
"How old is it!"
It's so old, it's started gasping for breath!
Okay, not really, but it is getting old.
I've actually started looking at replacing it, and through that I've found out just how bad it actually was.
Through my search, I've found a website that specializes in comparing the performance of graphics cards.
My current graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 4350, and has a score of 229.
Sounds alright, eh?
Well, not really.
The store I usually buy computer parts from has a nice variety of cards available, and they have a good-looking nVidia GeForce GT 610 for about $60, which has a score of 280, which is a bit higher than my current card.
For twice the price at $120, I can get an nVidia GeForce GTX 550, which has a score of 1184, much, much higher than either of the other two.
Note in this case that I'm only looking at nVidia cards because Blender doesn't currently support hardware acceleration on AMD/ATI cards just yet.
The only potential problem is finding the money to buy it...
"How old is it!"
It's so old, it's started gasping for breath!
Okay, not really, but it is getting old.
I've actually started looking at replacing it, and through that I've found out just how bad it actually was.
Through my search, I've found a website that specializes in comparing the performance of graphics cards.
My current graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 4350, and has a score of 229.
Sounds alright, eh?
Well, not really.
The store I usually buy computer parts from has a nice variety of cards available, and they have a good-looking nVidia GeForce GT 610 for about $60, which has a score of 280, which is a bit higher than my current card.
For twice the price at $120, I can get an nVidia GeForce GTX 550, which has a score of 1184, much, much higher than either of the other two.
Note in this case that I'm only looking at nVidia cards because Blender doesn't currently support hardware acceleration on AMD/ATI cards just yet.
The only potential problem is finding the money to buy it...
