On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:17:48AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > My grandson is about to embark on a university course for computer graphics > and animation, and as such, he keeps an eye out for graphics card > developments. He has spotted that cclonline are offering a 512MB graphics Will he be running Linux or Windows? > card for under £100, but on investigation it turns out to be PCI Express, > which his motherboard doesn't support. Upgrading card, mobo and cpu (and > possibly RAM) is beyond his budget. > > The question, then, is whether such an upgrade would provide a truly useful > improvement, with regard to his uni work. I am happy to finance the move if > it does, but not if it only improves game-playing. Forthcoming nVidia 7600 GS for AGP might be a useful investment both for gaming and for graphics/animation (planned price is some $150 US). There are several nVidia Quadro based AGP boards which are slightly pricey but de rigeur for professional 3d work http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html What is the right one depends on what tasks your grandson plans to do. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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