On Nov 12, 2011 5:42 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:06:49 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video > > > performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need > > > something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the > > > onboard jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option? > > > AFAIK onboards very rarely have support for dual monitor. Besides, > > having a separate somewhat-beefier GPU might be usable in some cases. > > For instance, Ubuntu's Unity and Windows' Aero both rely on GPU to do > > their eye candy stuff. > > > > C'mon, don't be stingy... spare one PCIe slot for a graphic card :-) > > I'm not bothered about using a separate card, heck I could even re-use > the one I have. > > I use neither Unity nor Windows tough.
Well, those are just examples, illustrating that GPUs are no longer only used by games and cg renderers. Some BOINC projects also use the GPU, and who knows what else will utilize the GPU in the future. Rgds,
