New video card needed

[Hammerskjold]

The question is, "Will they really take it to the "Geek Squad" or whomever -- or will they continue to call you anyway?"

If it's the later, then I would tell them that since you're going to be their repair guy you'd also want to design a reliable and flexible system.

If so, then I guess I would start at a site like;

Entry Level; http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/gcTwrH/ent...ming-build

Ultimate; http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/pYgXsY/glo...ming-build

Then scale up or down to your budget. The high end machines build cost is ~44% on 2x SLI video cards.

This +1. 500-600$ can get you a decent entry level gaming PC, however IMO not from Costco or Bestbuy, especially if we're talking about an unmodified, out of the box pre built machine from them.

Otherwise from the requirements you listed, Swirly. I'd recommend going with a good local pc builder store, or something like NCIX if they're in your area.