Hi there,
The answer depends of several factors.
Some tips:
- If you have an onboard video card you can't upgrade just the video card, because it is an integrated unit. In my opinion, onboard video cards and chipsets(almost all of them) have low performance for rendering purposes
- In my experience, just a better video card doesn't solve the issue--> you'll need a good "render set"--> good processor (3.0 GHz or up)+ plenty of memory (8 Gb or up) + a good videocard (1GB or up).
- You are not mentioning the current conditions of your computer and the new vc capabilities (there are Nvidia Quadro with different capabilities)
Video Card--> I'd recommend ATI Radeon (1 Gb or up)--> The ATI Radeon cards manufactured by HIS have a double deck cooling system and it works like a charm. The new Nvidia cards work fine, however, not all of the models work with full accelerations.
Video cards are mainly designed for games, and games require speed: if you need to kill the Mars warrior (in your game, of course ) you should kill it fast and you don't care about the thickness, height or specs of the wall behind the Mars warrior, right?. So, in a game speed comes first and precision after. In Punch is different, the walls' specs come first (precision) and this takes a toll in the speed.
This is why, for some issues, we recommend to run Punch with less acceleration in order to improve the precision and quality
However, most ATI cards (not all) have a driver called Catalyst. This driver seems to balance speed and precision.
Hope this helps,
Patricia G. / Forum Moderator
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