ASUS EAX300SE-X/TD/128 Radeon X300SE good for windows 2D or another videocard?

[nealh]

I am building 2 Pcs for Dragon Naturally Speaking Med 9..I have no need 3D/games just a good 2D video card

I run winxp..I may eventually move to Vista

Would this card be fine for 2D use(I realize it would not work with Vista Aero..fancy desktop stuff)

 

[shabby]

Sure it would, i have a geforce 6200LE in my htpc and its fine for the web and watchin movies.

 

[secretanchitman]

of course it would!

 

[nealh]

thanks guys..I was reading and it seems to share or use some system memory which would be a disadvantage ...is this correct

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: nealh
thanks guys..I was reading and it seems to share or use some system memory which would be a disadvantage ...is this correct

it would be a disadvantage, since its using the system memory...i would personally stay away from gpus that say "turbocache" or "hypermemory" on them. if you have 1GB-2GB of system memory already and you have no other choice on the card (aka, it has turbocache/hypermemory on it), i guess it would be fine since the system already has more than enough memory for xp.

 

[nealh]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman

Originally posted by: nealh
thanks guys..I was reading and it seems to share or use some system memory which would be a disadvantage ...is this correct

it would be a disadvantage, since its using the system memory...i would personally stay away from gpus that say "turbocache" or "hypermemory" on them. if you have 1GB-2GB of system memory already and you have no other choice on the card (aka, it has turbocache/hypermemory on it), i guess it would be fine since the system already has more than enough memory for xp.

any suggestions on an inexpensive PCI-e card?

 

[Captante]

I just built a system for my dad a few weeks ago & used an Asus 7300LE for video ... he wanted me to install XP Home for him, but just for the heck of it I loaded up Vista Home right after slapping it together & it ran Aero just fine ... in fact it ran everything a lot better then I expected. (X2 4000+ Brisbane w/2gb PC6400)

 

[nealh]

does anyone know if this videocard uses hypermemory..I have looked everywhere and can get no info on this issue

 

[Captante]

The 7300LE uses Nvidia's version of Hyper-memory called Turbo cache, but the Asus version has 128mb's onboard which is plenty for a none-gaming PC's use & you can adjust the amount of system memory reserved for video use in the driver to zero if you choose.

 

[nealh]

Originally posted by: Captante
The 7300LE uses Nvidia's version of Hyper-memory called Turbo cache, but the Asus version has 128mb's onboard which is plenty for a none-gaming PC's use & you can adjust the amount of system memory reserved for video use in the driver to zero if you choose.

thank you very much...