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<blockquote data-quote="Tech Geek" data-source="post: 36420" data-attributes="member: 18181"><p>Definately.</p><p></p><p>You can use cheaper cards but for the difference in price I think the Avivo and H264 support are worth the money. Once programs to build H264 videos are as common as DIVX and XVID you'll be glad you have it. </p><p></p><p>You also get shader 3 support which is nice for a little gaming and demos just to show off your system. (doesn't Vista want it as well??)</p><p></p><p>Unless you want to play a lot of graphics hog games there's no point in spending more money because you won't gain anything you need.</p><p></p><p>The more I use the system the more I think I got one heck of a deal on those cards.</p><p></p><p>Just remember... high performance passively cooled cards need lots of airflow. This card's heatsink has at least 3 times the area of the ones on the MSI x300 cards I use at work and trust me... it gets hot under a load.</p><p>A cramped case with little airflow could be a problem so plan your system accordingly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tech Geek, post: 36420, member: 18181"] Definately. You can use cheaper cards but for the difference in price I think the Avivo and H264 support are worth the money. Once programs to build H264 videos are as common as DIVX and XVID you'll be glad you have it. You also get shader 3 support which is nice for a little gaming and demos just to show off your system. (doesn't Vista want it as well??) Unless you want to play a lot of graphics hog games there's no point in spending more money because you won't gain anything you need. The more I use the system the more I think I got one heck of a deal on those cards. Just remember... high performance passively cooled cards need lots of airflow. This card's heatsink has at least 3 times the area of the ones on the MSI x300 cards I use at work and trust me... it gets hot under a load. A cramped case with little airflow could be a problem so plan your system accordingly. [/QUOTE]
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