Does all onboard video take away system memory? I am asking this because a friend is building a new computer. It is only going to be used for office work and stuff. So I recommended a motherboard with a 6100 onboard. He could either just use the onboard or use his old MX 420. Will one of them give better 2D performance?
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Onboard video
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vista will not require dx9 at all. it is only if you turn on the enchanced avalon stuff (that ipersonally would never turn on).
i've run betas on geforce4 mxes fine.
there arent very many motherboards with integrated video now that dont use system memory as system memory is dirt cheap.
i do know that jetway makes an ati rs480 board with 32mb ddr buffer. newegg used to sell it (i had one) though i am not sure they still sell that model.
if he gets a 6100 it will be better to just use the onboard than a mx420 though. though i would recommend a rs480 if you want integrated as its a bit faster on 3d as i believe it has more pipes. get the rs480 + ULI south bridge combo to get HD audio as well.
i've run betas on geforce4 mxes fine.
there arent very many motherboards with integrated video now that dont use system memory as system memory is dirt cheap.
i do know that jetway makes an ati rs480 board with 32mb ddr buffer. newegg used to sell it (i had one) though i am not sure they still sell that model.
if he gets a 6100 it will be better to just use the onboard than a mx420 though. though i would recommend a rs480 if you want integrated as its a bit faster on 3d as i believe it has more pipes. get the rs480 + ULI south bridge combo to get HD audio as well.
6100 is even more than enough for common office use, and certainly faster than an old MX420. Honestly, you could grab a board like the Asrock K8Upgrade and save a few bucks too. If even light gaming is going to happen though, then 6100 is worth the little extra.
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I recently picked up the MSI RS482M-IL (socket 754) for $68.50 and a Sempron 2500 for $60.00 from mwave. Cheap! And it works very well. I am impressed with the quality of the on-board video (though this board is VGA only), and from the 1 GB of memory the missing 64MB for the video is nothing to worry about.
I see the motherboard has gone down a few bucks and the chip up a few since I bought them. Still, quite a bargain for a fast machine (with 64-bit compatibility to boot).
I see the motherboard has gone down a few bucks and the chip up a few since I bought them. Still, quite a bargain for a fast machine (with 64-bit compatibility to boot).
if you do get a 6100 or rs480 though, since they do not have any frame buffer, you probably want to get a socket 939 chip with dual channel.
getting dual channel on those, would speed up the 3d a lot if he ever did want to play a game. the 2d though would be unaffected so if you are sure he'll never play games a sempron on a s754 board would suffice (as someone else said they had done)
getting dual channel on those, would speed up the 3d a lot if he ever did want to play a game. the 2d though would be unaffected so if you are sure he'll never play games a sempron on a s754 board would suffice (as someone else said they had done)
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