Hey everyone!
I'm looking to upgrade my rig in the next month or so, I'm gonna be upgrading to an Intel i7 3930K with a GIgabyte GA-X79S-UP5 MOBO; plus using some of the parts I currently have in my rig. But what I'm curious about is, is it worth it for me to upgrade to a high end graphics card? Right now I have a GeForce GT220. It gets the job done for what I need it for. I don't do any gaming or hardcore video editing or anything really graphics intensive. My build is for audio related projects. Running Pro Tools and Logic (ect.), I don't really see much of a benefit with upgrading to an expensive, massive graphics card, except for the bragging rights. But then again, the graphics department is not something I'm very knowledgeable in.
Does upgrading to a high end graphics card benefit system performance? Or does it only boost in the graphics area? I know I sound like a noob with this question, but graphics related info is something I never got into, because I didn't think I would need to worry about graphics with what I'm using my system for. But if upgrading to a high end graphics card will boost system performance in the sense of making things run more smoothly and getting some kind of speed gain out of it, I might be inclined to purchasing one.
But before I go and drop $400 on a nice graphics card, I would like to know if I would benefit from it. Or if I would be just fine with using my little GT220 for what I'm using my system for.
Any info will help me!
Thanks!
-Mike
I'm looking to upgrade my rig in the next month or so, I'm gonna be upgrading to an Intel i7 3930K with a GIgabyte GA-X79S-UP5 MOBO; plus using some of the parts I currently have in my rig. But what I'm curious about is, is it worth it for me to upgrade to a high end graphics card? Right now I have a GeForce GT220. It gets the job done for what I need it for. I don't do any gaming or hardcore video editing or anything really graphics intensive. My build is for audio related projects. Running Pro Tools and Logic (ect.), I don't really see much of a benefit with upgrading to an expensive, massive graphics card, except for the bragging rights. But then again, the graphics department is not something I'm very knowledgeable in.
Does upgrading to a high end graphics card benefit system performance? Or does it only boost in the graphics area? I know I sound like a noob with this question, but graphics related info is something I never got into, because I didn't think I would need to worry about graphics with what I'm using my system for. But if upgrading to a high end graphics card will boost system performance in the sense of making things run more smoothly and getting some kind of speed gain out of it, I might be inclined to purchasing one.
But before I go and drop $400 on a nice graphics card, I would like to know if I would benefit from it. Or if I would be just fine with using my little GT220 for what I'm using my system for.
Any info will help me!
Thanks!
-Mike