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tjcinnamon   03-18-2008 at 05:38:30 PM

I am selling a computer to a friend. I already quoted him $350 for it. My question is what video card to include. I have a:

Matrox Parhelia 128MB and a GeForce 7600 512MB.

The thing that is throwing me off is that the Matrox retails for around $300, itself.

Which card is better?

How is the matrox better, if the 2d card playing field is more or less level throughout most graphics cards?

Thanks, JOe K.

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jay2tall   03-18-2008 at 05:51:43 PM
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They are build for 2 completely different objectives. The Matrox card supports 3 displays and is more for 2D applications and such. The 7600 is more or less a standard desktop card/lite gaming card.

For a normal home user the 7600 would be by far the best bet. The Matrox is really for business/special use cases.

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San Pedro   03-18-2008 at 06:10:31 PM
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Give your friend the 7600 if he wants to do some gaming, and he doesn't want to push 3 displays, which is my guess since he is buying a $350 PC. Sell the Matrox on ebay and maybe you can get a decent price for it.

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tjcinnamon   03-18-2008 at 06:27:53 PM
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What about for video editing (premier/after effects)? Is there going to be a performance increase using the matrox?

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San Pedro   03-18-2008 at 06:31:21 PM
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I maybe wrong, but video editing is mainly based on CPU and memory and not the video card. So I don't think you would gain much advantage (probably none) going from a 7600 to even a 9800GX2 in video editing applications.

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