Certain graphics card characteristics are irrelevant to a great number of users, their basic abilities being sufficient to make buyers interested. However, even less demanding users are starting to increase their appetites, so even those that don’t consider their PC to be intended for gaming purposes now look for graphics cards that are up to par with basic multimedia tasks. We’re primarily referring to HD video playback, the popularity of which seems to be ever-increasing, partly due to cheaper and cheaper Blu-Ray readers and partly due to increases in internet speeds all around the world, even streaming online video is turning into a hardware-punishing process. HTPC machines are also experiencing a growth in popularity, with more and more of these PCs occupying our living rooms, right next to TVs…



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