RainMaker - 8:14 pm on Aug 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

Well your hardware in a computer is very important because it affects pretty much everything else in the computer and how it runs etc. etc. Right now you don't use this machine much and when you do, you want it to work. Well I would have to say that it depends on your Mobo. If you don't have AGP then I would almost suit you to go with a G-Force 2 or 3. They are both fairly cheap and work well. if you do have AGP I would almost point you in the ATI direction. not that ATI is better on the AGP bus but because is sounds like you do alot of imaging quality applications and ATI has better imaging engines such as True form. If this is not your main beast I would almost point you in the ATI Radeon 9600 area. It doesn't have a fan on it and the Heat sink wont fall off....like NVidia's TNT2. It is quiet and without a fan it can't go bad so you never have to worry about it. Plus you can play alot of the latest games on it. Hope that helps