dpattinson Posted September 5, 2008 Share #1 Â Posted September 5, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) May be a silly question, but does the graphics card have much impact on color management? I know that some monitors are better for color calibration, but do I need a particularly powerful/special graphics card or will any modern one do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pascal_meheut Posted September 5, 2008 Share #2 Â Posted September 5, 2008 Any modern one will do. I compared some of them and had a hard time seing a difference between an ATI, an Nvidia and the supposedly better Matrox. All cards are quite good in 2D now. Progress is made mainly in 3D. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 5, 2008 Share #3 Â Posted September 5, 2008 If you have a monitor that supports both VGA and DVI it is worth while getting a card that outputs DVI, as that makes a marked difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted September 5, 2008 Author Share #4 Â Posted September 5, 2008 thanks, I was thinking of getting one of these: Enano Computers | ex7400 Mini Computer | EX7400 | B&H Photo Video Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 5, 2008 Share #5 Â Posted September 5, 2008 Small disk, if you want it for your photowork. I have about one Tb in mine now, and it is filling up, with internal backup and everything... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted September 5, 2008 Share #6 Â Posted September 5, 2008 If you have a monitor that supports both VGA and DVI it is worth while getting a card that outputs DVI, as that makes a marked difference. Â Ditto, when I got my last computer I opted for an Nvidia style card with memory and the DVI intfx. Â Using the VGA cable I saw no substantial difference, but when I switched the same monitor to DVI the resolution seemed to have doubled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted September 5, 2008 Share #7 Â Posted September 5, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Color accuracy has pretty much 100% to do with the quality of the monitor. Not all monitors are created equal and not all can actually be calibrated to sRGB spec, let alone AdobeRGB. If color accuracy is your concern, take a look at graphics monitors from Eizo, Lacie, and NEC. Just be sure in a graphics card that you have enough VRAM to drive your size display smoothly. 256MB should be fine for up to a 1920x1200 24" monitor, and you can get one for about $100 or less. If you want to drive a 2560x1900 30" display, you'll need more VRAM and dual-link DVI. These cards run about $500-600. So, the basic answer to your original question is that the graphics card will not factor into your color accuracy. Â Hope this helps. Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share #8 Â Posted September 6, 2008 Small disk, if you want it for your photowork. I have about one Tb in mine now, and it is filling up, with internal backup and everything... Â Yeah, I have the same problem now using my work laptop - so I have a few external drives. My main one is 750Gb, which is enough for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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