Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
6150 vs X200
There's a GMA900 article hanging around somewhere, but I can't be arsed to find it at the moment.
Edit - Haven't been able to dig up anything on the RS690, which is supposedly going to be an X700-based IGP.
- M4H
Bad comparison.
Many ATi xpress200 solutions actually incorporate some dedicated onboard memory, in addition to shared.
The review above is not one of these boards.
Also, the ULi Southbridge seems to help video perform better than ATi Southbridge.
End results are, onboard ATi does indeed beat many add on dedicated video cards.
Here, xpress200 (x300) scores around 2100 in 3dm2k3, and 8000 in 3dm2k1se. (see madonion website).
That compares to about ATi 9100/8500 which is a lot faster than low-end discrete cards like the ATi 9200.
Been building affordable HTPC's for years, primarily using NF2 mATX motherboards, and usually had to add a dedicated card like ATi 8500/9100/9200 to get decent TV out, as well as able to satisfy the occasional gamer. Have two friend/customers that actually play Doom 3 with the 8500/9100 cards! So with the new onboard ATi video, no longer need to buy an add on video card for quality TV out and occasional gamers. FarCry and Half-Life 2 both perform well (45+fps) at 1024x768 with the ATi onboard. FEAR? Haven't tried it, but I would think not... AOE 3? Again, fine at 1024x768.