How important is a video card?

If I plan on using the VGA port on my mother board, will a video card accelerate graphics any or do I have to use the output on my video card for that?



Also.. Would it be better to get an incredible motherboard and NOT use a video card or get a really good motherboard with a really good video card? This isn't for gaming by the way.



Thanks!|||a discrete video card will disable the integrated card on the motherboard and the vga port on the motherboard will no longer work. if you need to use a vga because you have an old crt monitor and cannot use a higher quality cable like hdmi, the you can use an hdmi to vga connector or something similar.



an incredible motherboard most likely would have no integrated card at all, because they expect you to have a discrete card. in fact, amd's high end chipset does not even allow for integrated graphics. it is always better to get a video card when you have the money. it does not make sense to spend more on an incredible motherboard and not use a video card because the video card would have a much more direct impact on performance whereas a high end motherboard isnt faster, its just compatible with more technology.



if your not gaming it isnt really necessary unless your video/photo editing or doing something with graphics, in the future as more things rely on gpus you can always add a card later to extend the life of your computer and it would be faster than what you would get now.|||If your only doing basic things like using the internet, watching SD videos..(1080p might lag, 720p probably not) and stuff like that you wont need a video card, an onboard chipset would do fine.



Unless your video editing, playing 1080p video's, casual gaming, some photoshop, etc. A cheap video card would do fine.



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