# Video Card Explanation

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-explanation/173914>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-explanation/173914 "2005-12-30T20:02:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![SlowRoasted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-explanation/173914/1 "2005-12-30T20:02:39Z")

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Okay I’m in the market for a new video card, after i do a design job or two lol. Im not a huge gamer, though i do play some. I want to get into 3d eventually. If i get a good card for gaming, like the 7800 from nvida, will that also do good rendering and other graphic/video? Or should I go with a video card geared toward the stuff? What is a good graphic rendering card?