March 20th, 2003, 01:33 PM
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you stated in your post that you are trying to put together a web design workstation and by this I am assuming you mean running programs like flash, dreamweaver, photoshop, etc. For these types of programs, you don't need a Fire graphics card...these cards are designed for applications like CAD programs, 3-D rendering software like Maya, Lightwave, etc. For your mobo, any good agp graphics card will work fine with those programs, you don't even really need a super high end one. You can pick up a decent card for under $100 easy. But if you plan on using it for games as well, get a ti 4600 or even better, get an ATI 9700 pro or 9500 pro depending on your budget. In fact, a Fire gfx card will suck for gaming (if you are at all interested in that), as they are not designed to run those types of programs effectively.
Oh, and by the way, Welcome to Techimo 
Last edited by smurffart : March 20th, 2003 at 01:36 PM.
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I will probably go with the Ti 4600 as I do gaming and also do web design as well. I work with all of the Macromedia stuff, but also play the occasional game of Diablo II. Thanks for the help. I just hope that the GF is a 1.5v and not a 3.3v card.
