785G onboard HD 4200 vs 7900GT

[BredStik]

Hi,

I ordered the asus 785G motherboard and will mostly use the computer for web surfing, music listening, little movie editing, dvd/blu-ray watching, etc. Not really gaming on that machine since I mostly game on my 360. However, I have a 7900GT laying around somewhere and was wondering if I should just put it in my new system? Except for the extra noise, would I get any benefits? (the HD 4200 should handle hardware decoding of HD formats if I'm not mistaken) Or should I just put the 7900GT on eBay?

Let me know what you think!

 

[alyarb]

well, the 4200 is a 55nm radeon with 40 shaders and less than 20GB/s of memory bandwidth. this is enough to decode blurays with dxva, but not enough to run dx games the way the 7900 GT can run them. One is slow and the other is far slower. If you don't game, then you can still get rid of it.

 

[Arkaign]

Sell the 7900, the only benefits would be gaming, as the 7900 can do Fallout 3, Oblivion, GRID, and so on at moderately decent framerates at lower resolutions / detail, but if you're not gaming, then it's just a waste of power. Sell it, won't bring much, but at least someone will put it to use and you put some bucks in your pocket for a 12-pack or whatever.

 

[yh125d]

Use the onboard. The 7900 will just add heat and noise, and use more power

 

[cusideabelincoln]

The only advantage of the 7900 is better gaming performance. The HD4200 will suit all of the needs you listed perfectly.

 

[Spikesoldier]

I would personally run the 7900GT, on a maximum performance mindset.

But maximum in this case is very saddening.

I wouldnt try running anything newer than wow/source games.

 

[BredStik]

Thanks guys... Think I'll just ditch the 7900gt ;-)