From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 12/23/2025 11:54 AM, s|b wrote:   
   > On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:06:18 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> Improving your storage, helps.   
   >>   
   >> And not using a $40 video card, also helps.   
   >   
   > I have an integrated graphics card.   
   >   
   > *ouch*   
   >   
      
   $40 is the cheapest video card I ever got.   
   Its acceleration is so weak, you can't tell   
   the difference between the FOSS driver and the   
   manufacturer driver. They bench the same, which   
   tells you card is little better than a frame buffer.   
      
   I got a 7950GT for $65.   
      
   And the HD1030 was a more expensive impulse   
   buy a couple weeks ago, at $99 (because it is   
   actually obsolete and no new drivers expected).   
   The $99 card, the benchmarks in Passmark claim   
   it is 5x the $40 card (if you were to believe   
   that).   
      
   Anything more modern might cost $300.   
      
   At this rate, I don't see quite how my computer store   
   will stay in business. It's one punch after another.   
   Maybe they'll have to start selling washing machines :-)   
      
      Paul   
      
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