Well you are also running on the i3's integrated GPU with no dedicated graphics memory which might be fine for browsing web pages or using word but not so much for running Maya. Maya really requires a dedicated graphics card. Yes I want to purchase a graphic card. does this work fine with it 'evga geforce gtx 560 superclocked 2048 mb'. I don't have a big budget right-now. As I want it to work good with both Maya and Mari. I haven't use mari yet just because of Graphic problem.. any other suggestions would be appreciated. -dushyant