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Originally Posted by malevolence
@Quaker; One of the softwares says it cannot be used with an integrated graphic chip. He is not a gamer. I believe that Win7 64 is not an option as some softwares are not 64 bits compatible.
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Of course, you
could have mentioned those details in your original post and things would go quicker.......
At any rate, it partially comes down to the level of professionalism we are talking. Since you suggest he's working on a budget, I doubt that what he's doing would benefit greatly from spending $1k on a graphics card. I also doubt that what he's doing pays enough to cover the cost, nor requires things be done all that fast. After all, once you get over a minimum performance level (computer-wise) it becomes a matter of time vs money. Yes, an expensive "professional" video card will do the various functions faster, but how fast do you need to do it? Does it matter if it takes 2 minutes to do something rather than 5 minutes? (for example)
So, basically I still stick with my original statement that
for a budget system, the CPU power, amount of RAM, and the hard drive space is more important than the graphics card.
An AMD Phenom II X6 or an Intel i5-750 cpu (and appropriate motherboard). 4Gigs of RAM (using 32-bit Windows will only allow access to 3+ Gigs, but it's best to use 2 x 2Gig sticks in dual channel mode). A 500Gig Hard drive (or larger depending upon budget and price). Almost any video card in the ATI/AMD 5xxx or nVidia GTX4xx series.
If budget allows, I would also suggest two 1 or 2 Gig hard drives in a RAID1 array for storage/backup.
, too expensive. 