Get an ATI All In Wonder Radeon or just the AIW itself. Very good 2d
card and the lower end models are cheap. Plus when you get to editing
you can hook up your stuff without any additional equipment. Check it
out at:
http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/aiwradeon/index.html (low end card)
http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/aiw9800pro/index.html (very high end
model, but not the best vid editing out there)
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20020122/ (AIW review from
"Tomshardware")
Mike Kauspedas
Alpine Computers
Colorado Springs, CO
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Graphics card for a non-gamer
I am about to buy a new computer and I would like some recommendations
for a
good graphics card. I am looking for very good 2D graphics. (Not 3D as I
am
not into computer gaming!)
I will use the computer for:
- office applications
- photos / imaging
- home analogue video editing (some day...)
- watching TV in a window (possibly...)
More info:
- I will be running Windows 2000 (or possibly XP).
- Screen resolution will be 1152 x 864 in 32-bit colour and 85 Hz
refresh
rate, for now.
- In the future I would like to use 1600 x 1024.
- I am planning to buy a video editing board with analogue video input
and
output. (So I do not necessarily need "TV-out" on the graphics board.)
- A DVI interface on the graphics board would be good, but it is not a
must,
as I am not going to buy a screen with DVI this time.
Grateful for advice,
Goran Halfvarson, Sweden
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