Graphics Card Upgrade - how much better?

How big a performance difference do you see with Motion 2 by upgrading from the stock 9600 to something better - say an X800 or 6800GT/Ultra?

4K refers to the width of the largest object you can work with.
For example I work with maps and am making an HD project. So I can easily create a map in Photoshop that is 3500 pixels by 2400 pixels. I would like to bring this into Motion and do a gentle zoom in on it starting from the whole map and ending up with a 50% zoom. With my Radeon 9800 board I must convert the graphic down to 2048 pixel wide before I bring it into Motion. So my zoom will not look so good as if I could start with the full width.
Hope this helps - certainly explains why I am planning to get a NVidia or comparable board for my next system
Paul
Dual 1GHz Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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playing a game like Oblivion, the extra Vram will not
make any noticeable difference in games. The pipes
and frequency are the same on both models. The extra
Vram helps in editting situations as there is more to
draw from.
Never did I say it will make a noticable difference in games, I said 5-10%. I don't know what "editting situations" is but in most programs it does not help at all unless the program uses GPU to render rich 3d graphics such as animation programs.
I just have a MBP so can't offer a firsthand account
but I did read an online magazine I think in the UK
where they compared gaming performance between the
two and it was huge. One some popular games the
performance was like
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WAS a big gaming difference. So check it out and
google for some test results.
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I think you will find there are more users of the ATI Radeon 9800 that DON'T have a 300w PSU, than those that do. It would leave out the majority of the G4 line if it were absolutely necessary. As I see it, it isn't absolutely necessary, and, it is also the ONLY higher end upgrade graphics card commercially produced for 2x, 4x AGP systems, most of which, DON'T have a 300w PSU.
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[email protected]

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