I have one MI application that uses 300GB of Maps split into 300Mb tiles and it works fine on my 600MHz VIA system with a 16MB ATI graphics card. The key thing is its 1GB of ram. As this the system is 4 years old, you'd probably be pushed to find a graphics card these days that wouldn't be suitable.
I'm not sure how MI uses graphics card hardware acceleration. I'd imagine the most important thing to focus on is RAM to hold the bitmap, and processor speed to decide what part of it to display. The graphics card is simply displaying a two-dimentional bitmap which doesn't require fast hardware. I'd be most interested if the card suppored multiple screens. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/02/2006 05:00:27 PM: > I am considering upgrading my system to an AMD 4400 X2 and also > purchase a separate graphics card. > > As I often use MapInfo with raster images of 200 Meg size, are there > any recommendations on a graphics card. Note that it should use the > new PCI Express connector and NOT the older AGP connector. > > Also, is MapInfo optimised for use with a Quadro or FireFl graphics > card? Or would a consumer-level card such as one of the GeForce give > similar results? Alternatively how about a SLI configuration using two > identical cards? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > MapInfo-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
