How Do You Buy A Video Card?
Playing computer games, working with photographs and other images, and streaming video is faster and smoother with a higher-end video card. Need an upgrade? Optimize your machine’s performance with these tips for purchasing the best video card on the market for your specific needs. Step 1 Check reviews in computer magazines and on the Internet to help you narrow your choices. Note that a video card is also referred to as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, or graphics card. Step 2 Buy an AGP (accelerated graphics port) video card for a new computer. If your computer doesn’t have an AGP slot, buy a PCI video card. Step 3 Buy a card with at least 128MB of video RAM. Get a card with more video RAM if you need to do detail work on a very large monitor or need an infinite variety of colors for original designs. Step 4 Look for a high frame-rate specification for action games or streaming video applications.
