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I agree. If he doesn't play modern 3D games on his PC, a recent onboard graphics card with a builtin H.264 decoder should be sufficient. A standalone card would only make the PC
- more expensive
- more power-consuming
- louder

I use RS780-based onboard graphics on all of my 3 PCs and I'm completely happy with them.