Dear crown06,
The 128 is a high performance card, and should be enough for architectural design. The 256 card is one of the best personal video cards you can get right now... Mostly used for high-end 3D video-gaming. I'm not sure exactly what you need, but the 128 should be more than enough for graphic designing - yet 3D animation rendering WOULD be faster on the 256, but there is no animation in architectural design.
Hope this helps,
-AInTeL
I AM IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A NEW INSPIRON 9300
WITH A 128 VIDEO CARD BUT IT HAS THE OPTION OF GETTING A 256 CARD. I AM AN ARCHITECT AND USE A LOT OF COMPUTER MODELING PROGRAMS AND VISUAL GRAPHICS PROGRAMS. IS IT WORTH THE EXTRA MONEY, OR JUST WORTH THE PERFORMANCE, TO GET THE HIGHER MB GRAPHICS CARD?
128MB ATIs? Mobility Radeon? X300 [add $49 or $2/month1]
VS
256MB NVIDA

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