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graphics card or onboard video?
Posted by ron on August 23rd, 2004


Hi I have a MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL MS-6738 motherboard with onboard
graphics. I am running windows xp pro with sp2 update. I have been given a
PCI graphics card S3 I think it is. It is about 5 years old. Will a PCI
graphics card out-perform a built in graphics/video card?

Thanks Ron


Posted by ICee on August 23rd, 2004


ron wrote:
That one will not.



Posted by 127.0.0.1 on August 24th, 2004



"ron" <ron@flymale.fm> wrote in message news:2ov7epFelvsnU1@uni-berlin.de...
built in video shares the system's memory.
video cards have their own memory + cooling system.

you can put a shitty video card and get shitty performance.

find a used 4xAGP vid card instead of a PCI.

-a|ex