More RAM on the videocard is helpful when doing realtime rendering, 3D games like Doom and Quake make extensive use of the RAM on the videocard. Realtime rendering also occurs in programs that have an OpenGL or DirectX based preview mode (DAZ|Studio for instance) In the case of Poser/DAZ|Studio lots of video RAM is not really important, the standard cards of these days have enough. If you're a bit on a budget, don't buy the fastest CPU available, buy 1 level slower. Overall performance of the system will be less than 5% slower than with the fastest CPO available, and it'll save you hundreds of dollars (which you can invest in more memory or a decent RAID0 controller, resulting in a significant speed increase!) A good case, with a good power supply, is also worth investing in. I'm rather happy with Chieftec, and Antec has a great reputation.

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