--- Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I never said the graphics cards do none of the 2D > calculations. But > in terms of the 2D calculations they do perform, all > modern graphics > cards perform equally well. The bottleneck for > non-video 2D drawing > on any modern machine is the CPU, not the GPU. http://www.geek.com/htbc/buy/vidcarby.htm "Speed - 3D vs. 2D Nowadays, graphics processors, or GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) to use the term thought up by NVidia, typically run at 200-350 MHz. Video memory can run at an effective 300-650 MHz by using DDR SDRAM that really runs at 150-325 MHz and doubles its speed to (150-325 MHz)*2 for a faster effective throughput. Typically, the faster the chip and memory are running at, the better 3D performance you'll get. Most computer sellers don't focus on this information at all, but ask about it if you want the details. If you want a big monitor or multiple monitors, for 2D speed, you want a fast RAMDAC (or 2 or more) on your video card and plenty of memory. Most cards don't focus on 2D performance, but if you are moving big images around the screen, you will notice whether you have 2D performance or not." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
