Intel Extreme Graphics 2 question.

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Hi, I am thinking about getting a dell 3000 series. But they only have
integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Will it be a sufficent video card?

 

[DaveL]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

If you are a computer gamer you will avoid those kind of Dell's like the
plague. They sometimes don't even have agp or pci-e slots to have a chance
at upgrading. Any gamer foolish enough to stick himself with one of those
ends up giving it to grandma and buying a real computer.

DaveL


<TK42235@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1107093883.855200.272280@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I am thinking about getting a dell 3000 series. But they only have
> integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Will it be a sufficent video card?
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

TK42235@gmail.com wrote in
news:1107093883.855200.272280@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> Hi, I am thinking about getting a dell 3000 series. But
> they only have integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Will it
> be a sufficent video card?
>
>

Any idea which 'model' of Intel Extreme,

http://www.intel.com/design/graphics2/

Lists 3 none of which do DX9, so it depends what you want to
play on it & whether you want DX9 effects.

Personally I wouldn't touch intergrated graphics, especially if
there is no upgrade option (i.e. no card slot) post purchase.

 

[Andrew]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

On 30 Jan 2005 06:04:43 -0800, TK42235@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi, I am thinking about getting a dell 3000 series. But they only have
>integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Will it be a sufficent video card?

It will run Solitaire and at a push Pinball. Not much else though.
--
Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Thusly TK42235@gmail.com Spake Unto All:

>Hi, I am thinking about getting a dell 3000 series. But they only have
>integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Will it be a sufficent video card?

Well, depends on what you want to do.

For Warcraft, Diablo2, surfing & microsoft office - yeah, it'll be
plenty.

For recent action games like Doom3 - no, you'll need to buy a better
gfx card.

--
*** One Bastard Less ***
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496132/20050121/index.jhtml

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Hi,

DaveL <dave1027@comcast.net> wrote:
#If you are a computer gamer you will avoid those kind of Dell's like the
#plague. They sometimes don't even have agp or pci-e slots to have a chance
#at upgrading. Any gamer foolish enough to stick himself with one of those
#ends up giving it to grandma and buying a real computer.

Not all Integrated Graphics Dells have no upgrade slot.

Someone I know just ordered a Dell 4700 with onboard Intel 900, and it
has a PCI-E x16 slot. Of course it was impossible to figure out from the
web page; he had to ask over the phone, and that person had to call back.

Intel Extreme & 900 video have enough 3D support to play last generation
FPS games, like the original Half Life, competantly. They are not, of
course, the gamer's choice, nor is the ATi X300 "upgrade" offered on the
Dell web site. Dell also offers a gamer's PC, or at least their idea of
one.

Ken.
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mail: kmarsh at charm dot net | Close the VT SVC Ctr boondoggle and
WWW: http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh | return services to local CIS offices!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[DaveL]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

"Ken Marsh" <kmarsh@fellspt.charm.net> wrote in message
news:63tLd.2$D72.2921@news.abs.net...
> Hi,
>
> DaveL <dave1027@comcast.net> wrote:
> #If you are a computer gamer you will avoid those kind of Dell's like the
> #plague. They sometimes don't even have agp or pci-e slots to have a
> chance
> #at upgrading. Any gamer foolish enough to stick himself with one of
> those
> #ends up giving it to grandma and buying a real computer.
>
> Not all Integrated Graphics Dells have no upgrade slot.

Yeah, that why I said "sometimes".

>
> Someone I know just ordered a Dell 4700 with onboard Intel 900, and it
> has a PCI-E x16 slot. Of course it was impossible to figure out from the
> web page; he had to ask over the phone, and that person had to call back.
>
> Intel Extreme & 900 video have enough 3D support to play last generation
> FPS games, like the original Half Life, competantly. They are not, of
> course, the gamer's choice, nor is the ATi X300 "upgrade" offered on the
> Dell web site. Dell also offers a gamer's PC, or at least their idea of
> one.
>

My old Voodoo3 played Half-Life competantly. So that's not saying much for
the Intel Extreme.

DaveL