What graphics card?

[Christian Foellmann]

Hi folks,

I am in the planning phase for my start-up business and I need a concept for the workstations for my design people.
Requirements are:
- dual monitor support (2x DisplayPort/at least 2x DVI)
- passive cooling (not a deal-breaker if not)
Usage:
- webgraphics
- photo editing
- print design

So no 20 layers + 50000x10000px or anything like that.

My question:
What features of the graphics card are crucial for good Photoshop performance?
Would be the graphics card described below a bottleneck in the Photoshop performance? Why? Because of not enough memory or lack of GDDR3-Ram?

I fell in love with the
ATI Fire MV2260
GPU: ATI FireMV 2260 at 600MHz
Ram: 256 MB DDR2 at 1000MHz 64-Bit interface
Additional features: passive cooling, 2x DisplayPort, LowProfile, low energy consumption

All the additional features are perfect for my overall concept of a 2U-19"-Rack-based workstation.

Please give me your input.
Thx Chris

 

[Steve]

Hi Christian.

Sorry but hardware and your specific requirement isn't something I can help you with.
Welcome to the forum and hopefully one of our members will be able to help you out.

Steve

 

[admin]

Are you doing any video editing or 3D work? If not you can go with a desktop card instead of a workstation card.

 

[Christian Foellmann]

No video editing, no 3D-graphics in Photoshop but passive cooling, 2x DisplayPort, LowProfile, low energy consumption are the features I seek in a card.

Are there any negative affect because of the small DDR2 graphics memory?

 

[21questions]

nvidia or ati?