Hardware Talk :: Sound and graphix cards to assist cpu?



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And which costs less? A new cpu, or an old video card?

Depends on the age of the system. Note that I distinguished between older systems (upgrade doesn't necessarily mean "new") and newer systems in this regard.

As far as using GPUs in mainframe gaming environments, this article in my morning download says IBM is going to do it on their z series:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/gaming/57106.html


original here.