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More info?)
"Noozer" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> "Lem" <lem@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:94C48122C145691F3A2@130.133.1.4...
> > Approximately what would it cost to buy a seperate graphics card
> > offering the same sort of quality as the integrated graphics on a
> > quality motherboard like:
> >
> > Asus A7N8X-VM (nVidia)
> > Asus A7V8X-VM (Via)
> > Gigabyte 7VN400M (Via)
> > MSI-K7M2G-L (nVidia)
> > etc
>
> Onboard video is good for pretty much anything except gaming. The biggest
> issue is they can share system memory, so it isn't available for programs
to
> run.
>
> The only real thing to watch for is that you get something with an AGP
slot
> so you can add a real video card if you like.
>
> Any low end addon card should be able to replace onboard and be an
> improvement at the same time... $40 and under shouldn't be a problem.
>
>
My mate has a 1000mhz Compaq SFF with 64mb o/b ram(256 sdram), he brings it
round for lan games and on SOF2 has to drop detail level nex to nothing, no
agp slot, so i installed a PCI 64mb gfx card, now it runs the same jsut as
good as my old 64mb AGP Gforce mx2 thing me jig card. found that hard to
belive esp due to the fact of the pci bus speed wotsit.
Im surprised how man pcs still dont have a agp slot.