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Question

What video or graphics card to get

Sep 5, 2013 7:34AM PDT

I am in the process of building a computer and don't know what Graphics card to get. I will not be doing any gaming but I do plan on doing video editing, photo editing using Adobe CS 3 and quite possible using dual monitors.

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Then get the cheapest on this list.
Sep 5, 2013 8:55AM PDT
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BTW. If it was mine I'd really look at the 7770 and Haswell
Sep 5, 2013 8:59AM PDT
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Re: Haswell
Sep 5, 2013 10:28AM PDT

Do you know if the integrated graphics on the Haswell is much better than the one on Intel's DZ77GA-70K with Core i7-3770, which is the one that I have been contemplating buying. If not then I might be better of buying 2 of these: GIGABYTE GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready WindForce 3X 450W Video Card. As long as I can keep the price of my mobo, CPU, and graphics whether integrated or not at no more than $1000.

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The 1K mark is done.
Sep 5, 2013 1:00PM PDT
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Re:The 1 mark is done
Sep 7, 2013 10:24PM PDT

I have decided to go without the gpu and see how things work. Actually, I won't be doing much if any video editing until sometime next year. In your previous post you mentioned the Haswell and I have been giving that very serious thought along with an Asus mobo (because it supports dual monitors) and now I am investigating a psu that will be compatible with the Haswell which as I understand it needs a psu that can work with a very low voltage when the cpu is in "sleep mode".