Onboard Video Vs. Dedicated video card, which is faster?

[KillaKilla]

The two setups:

Setup 1:
Abit 'AN7' NF!! Ultra 400 with MCP-T
AMD Athlon XP 1.83Ghz (2500+), 333FSB, 512K Cache, (OC'ed to 366Mhz FSB)
2x256 DDR-400 (at DDR366)
eVGA GeForce II Ultra 64MB

Setup 2:
Shuttle 'MN31N' nForce2 IGP with MCP-T
AMD Athlon XP 1.83Ghz (2500+), 333FSB, 512K Cache
2x256 DDR-400 (at DDR333)
Integrated GeForce 4 MX video


Assume that all other parts are the absolute top of the line, (IE: WD-Raptor 74GB, Antec case, PSU, etc.)

When you decide, remember just how old and slow the GF2 Ultra is.

EDIT:The stats of the GF2 Ultra:

250 MHz Core /460MHz Memory (7.4GB/Sec)
Pixels/Clock: 4
Texels/Clock: 8

 

[DaFinn]

Option 1, hands down. The geforce 4MX on nForce2 = GF2 using shared memory.

 

[Dman877]

The gf4 mx series its just the gf2 series at higher clockspeeds. However, the gf2 line was heavily memory-bandwidth limited. Consequently, I'd say the gf2 ultra with dedicated 500 mhz ram (or was it 460?) will perform slightly better then the gf4 mx using system memory, even at 366 mhz.

Either way, you're gonna have out-dated graphics so I wouldn't worry too much. An extra .2 fps in current games won't matter, and on dx7 stuff, either card will be fine.

 

[jjyiz28]

dont get the AN7, get the NF7 instead. in paper the AN7 looks better, but it seems like it was rushed by abit, overclocks poorly, etc..

 

[KillaKilla]

Originally posted by: jjyiz28
dont get the AN7, get the NF7 instead. in paper the AN7 looks better, but it seems like it was rushed by abit, overclocks poorly, etc..

Except that the AN7 would be underclocked by 33Mhz, as opposed to the overclocked NF7(by 33Mhz).

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: KillaKilla

Originally posted by: jjyiz28
dont get the AN7, get the NF7 instead. in paper the AN7 looks better, but it seems like it was rushed by abit, overclocks poorly, etc..

Except that the AN7 would be underclocked by 33Mhz, as opposed to the overclocked NF7(by 33Mhz).

What? The NF7 can do 400MHz FSB (Rev 2.0 is guaranteed to).