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Darin

Platform Reoslution and Does a Highend Gaming Graphics Card Helps.

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I just put a new build together 3770k,sabertooth z77. I am trying to figure out rather or not a high end gaming graphics card will have any impact on the charts. What I have noticed is that not all charting platforms deliver the same resolution so how much control does the graphics card have and that being said does a higher end card matter? I have come to the conclusion that though it may not help in resolution it will help in the over all processing performance so somewhere in the middle would be a place to be. Say if you like nvidia then gtx660 and if amd then radeon 7870.

So does anyone know what esolution there platform delivers? This would be a good list to have. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks Darin.

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Hey Darin,

I'm not an expert on the vid cards, but I can tell you my experience with it.

 

but if you do not want to read the details below... then the quick answer is: No, a gaming card will not show visible improvements over the integrated video card... Not for charting programs and platforms etc... Of course it will improve games, and movies! :)

 

I originally had a DELL running two monitors off of the integrated video card. No problems, no lag, no anything...

 

I wanted to add a 3rd monitor, so I bought one of those inexpensive usb video adapters. It worked but had issues:

 

1. some colors would not even be visible (like if you draw a line on a chart but the line is light gray, then you would not even see the gray line).

2. If you moved the window around on the 3rd monitor, there would be stuttering/temporary freezing.

 

So, I wanted to get a video card that supports 3 monitors (so that I did not need the usb vid adapter)... It's actually a hard thing to do. lol. lots of gaming video cards show multiple connections on the box, but the truth is you can not use all simultaneously.

 

I eventually bought the AMD Radeon HD 6700 series card. It allows me to connect three monitors directly to the same video card. All is great. But there is no noticeable difference between using the AMD card or my integrated card when using platforms and charting programs. The only difference is that I can have all three monitors running off of one card.

 

* now of course it is better than using the usb vid card. because a usb card is not good at all.. just a last resort.

 

** by the way, I ended up getting a free monitor, so I plugged the new monitor into the usb vid card so now I have 4 monitor system. over kill? to some people. But I prefer to see all of the information on my screens at once instead of min / max windows. I keep my outlook on the usb vid monitor... no real issues with that.

 

Anyway.. hope this helped a little.. damn i wrote a lot. lol

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