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Re: Worst Deals in FIRST Choice

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
Agreed that it's overkill. I'd argue for 90% of teams, a processor with integrated Intel HD graphics or a $100 graphics card is more than adequate. Most teams do not work at a level that would see any benefit whatsoever from this video card over one if the aforementioned solutions.
I run 8gb ram, Intel i7, and Intel HD graphics on my laptop, and I dislike cadding on it (although I spend hours and hours making swerve modules and gearboxes on it). It runs slow enough that if I load, say, a cad model of our robot, Solidworks turns all rounded parts into rectangular prisms to speed up rendering. Stuff moves slower, complex lightening holes takes a minute or more to update... take a grpahics card over more ram if you can. 4gb ram is enough, but a graphics card is so useful.
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