# Video Card Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-help/90775>\
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**Created:** [May 20, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-help/90775 "2005-05-20T16:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![gravenine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f14d63/32.png) [@gravenine](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gravenine)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-card-help/90775/1 "2005-05-20T16:04:26Z")

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Hey guys,  
I’m a coder, and as do some coders, we dont play a lot of games. We get the application to work, then we move onto the next project, etc, etc.

Well I’ve been getting into graphics quite a bit lately and I noticed that Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash MX 2004 Pro, Swift 3D, Corel, etc etc are running quite slow.

I have 1 gig of memory in my PC, with an AMD 1800 processor. But my card is a 32 MB card from Comp USA. Some cheap-o brand that just did the job.

Well, I’m tired of waiting for everything to repaint ten times before I can see something.

Soo… I’m wondering, without spending a fortune what is my best option for video card, and why?

I’ve been reading that the ATI 128 card is a good way to go. But i’m not sure which one.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!