My Mum's GPU

[Tetsu]

Hey guys just speccing up a rig for my mum, she just wants surfing and some photo-shopping.

do I need to get anything better than this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Budget can go up to £40ish but is it worth it?

 

[Tetsu]

as long as dedicated VRAM not hyper memory.

How can I check? Looked on the asus site but doesn't mean much to me.

well this is definitely dedicated so i'll just go for this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-SP

 

[Tetsu]

that card will be ideal. i have no idea what those guys above are on about?

edit: not badbob obviously

Cheers m8, I just want a box fresh card for the old dear. Its crazy what you can build at the low end when your just speccing for the actual needs.

 

[Tetsu]

lol turns out mummy wants to do some gaming.....but only tetris and bust a move, so I'm thinking 2x 280 might be a good idea?

I haven't purchased anything yet so thanks for all the suggestion.

Thanks for the idea Skyboat that does sound sensible.

 

[Tetsu]

Geoff Hamilton's 3D garden design

I vote that should replace crysis as the forum bench mark game.

 

[Tetsu]

I wonder what thier FPS would grow to if they had a 4850 ?

Geoff Hamilton's 3D garden design is a poorly designed/optimised engine, even Geoff him self has admitted it.

wow check out the limited edition pack