Rob. wrote:
Allen Treuhaft wrote:
Hi all,
I am going to be building a dedicated for photography computer using CS3 on Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. I am looking for suggestions on a video card and a good monitor. I can spend about $2000 for these two items.
Thanks,
Allen
And that piece of string is how long!
The Samsung 22" monitor has dropped considerably something like 50% in the last few months. Do your own pricing. around $300
Video cards you don’t need some expensive video card you can get a 512Mb card with DDR3 ram Nvidia chipset quite reasonably. Many generic brands. or Gigabyte think there up to 8800GT card series now (you don’t need the GTS model) 8800GT around $100
I would say $400 should pull that in even less.
Right up to the point you began describing a video card I was right with you. And then I recalled my own experiences getting flat screen monitors to produce the dynamic range of a CRT screen.
The monitor can be coaxed close enough save for a tiny bit at the deep end but only if you have a decent graphics card and a DVI interface. I’d suggest if you really have that budget, you take a long hard look at Viewsonic’s Pro graphics range of monitors. 22" wide screen isn’t all that large by today’s needs.
I’d also encourage you to look at the 2D as opposed to 3D graphics cards. These work better with photos and more importantly, have some exceptionally true to life colour reproduction. Expect to pay around $500 for the card and never be able to play games with it. I guess that blows the $400 out the window but if you do choose a 2D card and viewsonic monitor, you won’t have a bundle left from your 2k!
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