will a video card offset processor load

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dmehling

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I am considering purchasing a tuner card for watching HD on my computer. The minimum requirements for an HD tuner is a Pentium 4 processor running at 2.2 GHz. The processor on my desktop computer is a Pentium 4 2 GHz. I have read that a faster video card may reduce the load on the processor for this type of application, so I may not need to upgrade my processor in that case. Is this true?
 
you should upgrade your processor anyway. im building triple core phenom rig from the ground up for my mom and it cost 275 for the parts.
 
I was probably going to upgrade the processor anyways, but I'm still wondering if a faster video card can offset CPU load.
 
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