You also may want to read up on gaming graphics cards vs. workstation cards. One will give you fast rendering, the other will give you snappy triangle processing.
Not very many excell at both.

here's one article that touches on the subject:  http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-23018-Graphic-Cards-Workstation-vs-Gaming.html

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