Good and cheap are common words in America today. So are 3d graphics cards. Graphics cards can be relatively cheap, you just have to know what you are in for. If you need a 64MB+ Video Card compatible with games like (CS, AA, BF2, SWAT) don't use your motherboards graphic chip. I know for a fact that the Intel GL graphics chips do not include Hardware Transform & Lighting which is needed to play the above games to full potential. NVIDIA and ATi are the nation's leading producers of consumer graphics cards. I personally recommend NVIDIA. They used to have a great graphics card, with 128mb ram, with hardware transform & lighting for around $39.95 USD on sale at major retailers like BestBuy and CircuitCity. I don't know the validity of this now, but search those sites and your local retailers. What I will say is, don't go crazy on those 256, and 512 mb graphics cards. If a game says it needs 128 MB of graphics memory, don't think a 512 mb stick would be this "miracle of performance." I wish the best of luck to all who are interested.
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Probably not - 3D graphics uses a lot of memory, and preferably an independent graphics card. Laptops usually share their RAM with video, audio and other tasks, which makes it unsuitable for 3D graphics.
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They are! I own a Nintendo 3DS, and I was amazed at how good the 3D was. Even the graphics when the 3D is off are good, too!
a graphics processing unit or graphics card is the "device" that works with your CPU to display 3D and 2D graphics for various games and programs.
A video card (aka graphics card) renders components that are being displayed on your screen. even the windows transparency is rendered by a graphics card. many low end computers have graphics integrated into their cpu. this is not good for 3d gaming. So if you are a hardcore gamer get a laptop/pc with a dedicated graphics card.
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Its how the game look, if the game is 3d it has good graphics, but if its 2d it has poor graphics.
This depends on what CAD program you'll be using, but generally speaking you don't need a very robust or recent graphics card to do 3D house designs.
Assuming this would not be a workstation that relies heavily on 3D modelling software such as Maya, 3D Studio Max, etc. your graphics card requirements ought to be quite low. A GeForce 7800GT or an ATI Radeon HD 3650 would be my recommendations, as both cards are capable enough to last a while and not robust enough to be more of a gaming card.
Basicley, it can improve or deprove the quality of 3d graphics. if your computer sucks, you can turn down antialiasing so it runs faster if your computer has a good graphics card and memory, you can turn it up so it looks better.
if you love solitaire, dont buy a graphics card, if you love something better, buy 1. you cant play any good games without a graphics card ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...NO... download 3D analyzer and use it. Refer to this video for help-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLfD28jIXCY
It is only possible to upload the latest drivers for any specific graphics card. Second life is a 3d game that generally requires a high performance graphics card.