Originally Posted by
gecko
... One other thing that bit me pretty hard a while back. When looking for a video card - benchmark means more than the quantity of video ram it comes with. Before I knew this, I went out and bought a 2GB card as an "upgrade" to my older 1GB card (I don't recall the model numbers, but both were nvidia), and found out that as far as my PC's performance was concerned, it was actually a downgrade and a waste of good money. I'm sure most of you already know better than I did and wouldn't make that mistake, but if it helps one person, there it is.
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