Tony DiMarzio wrote:

No other card will bring You any improvements at 2D (something on
which all cards of the last ~5 years are equally good

Not the case at all.

There IS a strong variance between the 2D capabilities of chipsets
made by players other than ATI and NVidia (like Via, Sys, Intel
etc...) over the past 5 years.

Not really. Even the UMA gfx chips made by VIA, SIS and intel during the
last 5 years aren't really slower than todays top end cards when it comes to
2D. Differences usually are barely measureable, and certainly not feelable
in real work...

Benjamin

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