OK, they are not the most objective source, but graphics processor manufacturer nVidia does make a pretty convincing argument for spending more money on a computer’s graphics card and less on the main processor—in certain conditions.


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Is this news? I've been telling people this for years.
Zerin Sakech
Yess!!! This is so true. The graphics card eases up on CPU processing power on most things that we do on our PC's. The pictures or video is handled by the GPU (Graphics Proccesing Unit) and the CPU doesn't have to do much. I have two computers, one with a 8 meg video card and one with a NVdia 64 meg. Both same ram and CPU and Motherboard but the one with the Nvdia card boots up faster and loads pictures and videos much faster and with higher framerates. it's a fact of life that GPU's are just as important as the CPU, that's why they almost have the same name.