Which is better???

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Hello,
I have an onboard video card that I can designate up to 32 MB of RAM of
video from my system memory.
I have a VOODOO3 16MB PCI video card I can install
instead of using the onboard. (I don't have a AGP).
I have a 1000MHZ, with 384 MG of ram, W2000 system.
Would the Voodoo3 card give me better performance
overall with my system? I don't game , I just want the best performance out
of my system.
Thank you very much!
Jeff

 

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scanner80 wrote:

> Hello,
> I have an onboard video card that I can designate up to 32 MB of RAM of
> video from my system memory.
> I have a VOODOO3 16MB PCI video card I can install
> instead of using the onboard. (I don't have a AGP).
> I have a 1000MHZ, with 384 MG of ram, W2000 system.
> Would the Voodoo3 card give me better performance
> overall with my system? I don't game , I just want the best performance out
> of my system.
> Thank you very much!
> Jeff
>
>
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:58:15 -0500, "scanner80" <scanner80@charter.net>
wrote:

>Hello,
>I have an onboard video card that I can designate up to 32 MB of RAM of
>video from my system memory.
>I have a VOODOO3 16MB PCI video card I can install
>instead of using the onboard. (I don't have a AGP).
>I have a 1000MHZ, with 384 MG of ram, W2000 system.
>Would the Voodoo3 card give me better performance
>overall with my system? I don't game , I just want the best performance out
>of my system.

The Voodoo3 will almost assuredly give better performance than the
onboard video, but it's not got the greatest compatibility these days
due to lack of updated drivers. I had to replace one of mine several
years back for this reason; performance was still pretty good, but
compatibility was problematic (with games, that is).

You might want to compare video quality, too, since this can be a
problem with the V3 at higher resolutions.


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