Here are some simple numbers to help you decide how much video card to get :)
Just because you are not a gamer doesn't mean you don't need a fast video card.
Play movies, encode movies, stream movies, make movies, graphic designer...?
All of those are less taxing then gaming but all improve with a better graphics card.

These are all PCI-X 3.0 cards
The more video memory bandwidth you have the faster you play at the best settings.

Nvidia Geforce Cards
EVGA 640 GTX - 28.5GB/sec.....(about $90.00)...2 gigs or DDR5 memory.
EVGA 650 GTX - 80GB/sec.......(about $113).....1 gig of DDR5 memory.
EVGA 660 GTX - 144.19GB/sec...(about $179.99)..2 gigs of DDR5 memory.
EVGA 760 GTX - 192.2GB/sec....(about $259.99)..2 gigs of DDR5 memory.
EVGA 780 GTX - 288.38GB/sec...(about $500).....3 gigs of DDR5 memory.

Memory Interface
EVGA 640 GTX - 128-bit
EVGA 650 GTX - 128-bit
EVGA 660 GTX - 192-bit
EVGA 760 GTX - 256-bit
EVGA 780 GTX - 384-bit
All Nvidia-Geforce 480 GTX's, 580 GTX's, 680 GTX's & 780 GTX's are 384-bit. Bandwidth depends on the card.

ATI/AMD doesn't list bandwidth. I wonder why lol
R5 230 - 64-bit....(about $45.00)...2 gigs of DDR5 memory.
R7 240 - 128-bit...(about $60.00)...2 gigs of DDR5 memory.
R7 250 - 128-bit...(about $80.00)...2 gigs of DDR5 memory.
R7 260 - 128-bit...(about $140.00)..2 gigs of DDR5 memory.
R9 270 - 256-bit...(about $179.00)..2 gigs of DDR5 memory.


The higher the bit the wider the bandwidth. More bandwidth = less video lag.
Anything above 164-bit/125GB/sec should be fast enough for any game even BF4.

Faster is always better :stomp: