Top Tips for buying Graphic Cards

We all want a bargin but you know the saying "If it looks to good to be true then it probably isn't".
These are such wise words. Here's our top tips and things to look at when your considering a new graphics card.

• What do I want it do for me?
  Run office, Edit photos,
  Playing Games,
  Play Hot Games,
  Video Production, CAD etc.
  Pretty much the price goes higher from left to right.
• All graphic cards and onboard graphics will run office & allow photo editing.
  professional editors will of course move up a couple notches due to running packages like Adobe Photoshop.
• At this point it becomes a question of how much you want to spend. Here's our price chart
  - Playing Basic games.e.g. Sims. £50 to £75
  - Hot Games. E.g. Call of Duty, Wolfenstein. £75 to £140
  - Hot Games at competitive level & full glory. £150 to £250
• What makes a card £140 as opposed to £75?
  Really mega important to understand this if your looking for the balance of price & performance. Read Carefully. Clearly for the petrol heads the feature set is important but for simple purchasing here's our take.
  1 - The Core Clock rate. Major Performance driver. Faster Clocks higher price.
  2 - Memory Clock rate. Major Performance driver. Faster Clocks higher price.
  3 - Memory. This does have a major effect on the visual performance.
  4 - Cooling. Quality of the Heatsinks & Fans. Some models have improved cooling.
  5 - The Processor feature. Professional cards have a much more enhanced core specifically designed for these higher end applications.

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10 Reasons For Buying an Trust Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

1. Power Failure is responsible for 28% of computer system breakdowns
2. Over one third of companies take more than a day to recover from the disruption caused by a power failure. 10% take more than a week.
3. Because of a power failure, 33% of companies lose between £10 000 and £250 000, 20% lose between £250000 and £1 million, 15% lose over £1 million.
4. Out of 450 leading companies surveyed, each suffered an average of 9 computer failures each year. (Source: Find FVP/Fortune 1000 companies).
5. Following a power failure it can take up to 48 hours to reconfigure a network system or a multi terminal
6. It can take days, weeks or even months to re-input lost data. Sometimes data is lost forever, for instance in CAD or graphics applications where original work can never be recreated.
7. Ten consequences of computer breakdowns:
   - Loss of business
   - Backlog of work/loss of production
   - Deterioration of customer service
   - Loss of customer account management
   - Loss of financial Control
   - Loss of goodwill
   - Inability to pay staff
   - Financial Loss
   - Loss of operational data
   - Loss of customers
8. Loss of market share, damage to a companies reputation, and loss of goodwill are not covered by insurance following a computer disaster.
9. Insurance claims take a long time to settle - well after the disaster has occurred
10. 90% of all companies that experience a computer disaster and don't have a survival plan go out of business within 18 months (Source: Price Waterhouse)

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