Ideal card for Aperature

I have a friend diving into digital photography and will be using Aperature for his data workflow. Should we upgrade to ATI 1900 for dual screen use, or will the included nVidia 7300 be sufficient. We will be using daul 20" screens.

For Aperture it is highly recommended that you upgrade to the ATI X1900XT. The added GPU performance will payt off very well. While the Nvidia 7300GT will work fine the X1900XT will be much better.

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