Graphic Card The first decision The first decision you would like to create is whether or not you would like a graphics card for handling 3D images or whether you're simply requiring 2D image rendering. For 2D requirements, you would like only a low-cost solution. In many cases, an integrated graphics solution will suffice for 2D applications. However with 3D graphics, the performance of the graphics card will impact directly on the frame rate and image quality of 3D programs and games. The differences between the low and high-end cards will be substantial, both in cost and performance. Rendering 3D graphics is like lighting a stage, both the geometry of the shapes in question and therefore the lighting of it must be taken under consideration. The geometry of a picture calculates the parts of an object that may and cannot be seen, the position of the attention and its perspective. The lighting may be a calculation of the direction of the sunshine sources, the...