What graphics card should I look for when buying a lab top..?

I want to be capable of run:



Maya

Macromedia Flash 8.0 (a flash game creator)

Sims 2

Photoshop



is NVIDIA GeForce GO 7300 256MB TurboCache dutiful, or what # or what am I looking for?



I'm really new at this, first time buying my own computer. please abet me out


Answer:

Well first of all, currently Maya does no support Windows Vista as far as I can enlighten, but updated versions will come out soon. Same is true near I think Sims 2 and Macromedia Flash. Just want you to be aware of that so you aren't disappointed.



The lower wrapping up card that you mentioned would run Maya, Sims 2, Photoshop, and as far as I can tell Macromedia Flash also, so the lower conclude card would be good for those programs. But if you plan on purchasing brand new games later or unmarked graphics using programs in a couple years I would progress with the greater card. The problem is you can not upgrade a graphics card in a laptop after you purchase it.



Photoshop and Macromedia flash do not help yourself to much in the path of a video card, to make them run quick more memory (RAM) is needed. Sims needs the moral video card, and other new games.
big interview to rephrase is

what are you planning to do with it?

play games; design animation, video editing, illustrative design...

if so than a video card with DEDICATED MEMORY shared memory uses (borrows) resources from primary ram...

judge by the software i'm guessing ur starting out...

don't use shared memory if possible because the bulky your graphics is the slower or more work the machine have to do...



NVIDIA is a good company as is ATI, but NVIDIA is getting more