Re: video card question - which of these specs is most important?



I'm getting some conflicting opinions. I guess I need to do some more
research. Thanks for the answers guys.

Well, more RAM will help if you are running your games at extreme resolutions. Higher clock speed will help regardless. Best to have high clock speed and more RAM. If you can't do both, go for higher clock speed.

Another good way to figure this out would be to read the box of whatever games you run, and are planning to run. Most software has minimums and "suggested" (higher than minimum requirements). Go with the suggested hardware. -Dave

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