mrcaffeinex
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I have been asked to replace a motherboard in an HP Pavilion p6320y desktop PC. The basic specifications are not an issue as there are plenty of AM3/AM3+ motherboards which support 4 DDR3 sticks, have at least 4 SATA ports and a PCI-e x16 slot in a micro-ATX form-factor.
I was considering installing a GA-880GMA-USB3 since the longevity of an AM3+ motherboard seems better than an AM3 motherboard at this point. The OEM motherboard is no longer available through HP and was overpriced anyway. It is available refurbished with only a 30-day warranty.
The system is connected to a 1366x768 display and the user does some occasional gaming. They were happy with the performance in World of Warcraft and Counter Strike using the 9100, so if the 4250 performs comparably it should be fine, but there is surprisingly little performance information out there when it comes to older integrated graphics solutions, though there seems to be a plenty of information on the newer Intel and AMD integrated offerings.
My personal leaning is to install a discrete video card for a machine that does even modest gaming, but they want to stick with the integrated solution right now on a cost basis. Any suggestions?
-MrCaffeineX
I was considering installing a GA-880GMA-USB3 since the longevity of an AM3+ motherboard seems better than an AM3 motherboard at this point. The OEM motherboard is no longer available through HP and was overpriced anyway. It is available refurbished with only a 30-day warranty.
The system is connected to a 1366x768 display and the user does some occasional gaming. They were happy with the performance in World of Warcraft and Counter Strike using the 9100, so if the 4250 performs comparably it should be fine, but there is surprisingly little performance information out there when it comes to older integrated graphics solutions, though there seems to be a plenty of information on the newer Intel and AMD integrated offerings.
My personal leaning is to install a discrete video card for a machine that does even modest gaming, but they want to stick with the integrated solution right now on a cost basis. Any suggestions?
-MrCaffeineX
