which video card?

[mwmorph]

hi i bought a hp pc. incredibly quiet, the loudest things in this pc is the cd and dvd writer drives!, anyway, id like to know, if i disable the onboard video and use 512mb of rma for the system and plug in a agp4x geforce2pro, would performance increase? it's only a temp holdover until the 6600gt comes in. in a few weeks!

 

[uOpt]

A GeForce2 is generally faster than anything onboard.

However, it will make noise and take power. Watch your power supply.

 

[mwmorph]

im pretty sure it can take it. my previous pc had a 110wps and it worked well enough with it.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: MartinCracauer
A GeForce2 is generally faster than anything onboard.

However, it will make noise and take power. Watch your power supply.

Your first sentence is completely false. An Nforce 2 chipset with integrated graphics is just as fast, if not faster than a GeForce 2.

You're correct if you're assuming that an HP PC will typically be intel-based and use "intel extreme" integrated graphics (which tend to suck).

OP: What chipset does your motherboard use?

Before you do anything make sure you have an AGP slot! 😉

What do you mean "use 512mb of ram for the system"? Typically one would never allocate that much memory to integrated graphics; it makes no sense.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
im pretty sure it can take it. my previous pc had a 110wps and it worked well enough with it.

Pretty sure based on what? HP engineered your computer based on what they sold it to you with. By adding a 6600GT you're going to put a much larger strain on your PSU. You should invest in a good one, unless you want to smell burning at some point.

 

[mwmorph]

i have a 380w truepower coming with the 6600gt/ what im saying inn the sentence quoted was that my 110w ps could handle my geforce2pro(nv says it should only take 10-15w)

edit its a 754 with a sis si760 chipset, sis 760/aka. mirage 2 onboard video leeching 128mb ram and a sis 964 southbridge. amd a64 3300+(2.4ghz 200x12)

 

[Necrolezbeast]

I would vote to keep the onboard stuff for just a couple weeks til the new stuff comes in. No need in spending your time configuring 2 new video cards within a couple weeks of another. Even though both cards use the same drivers, you can still have problems transitioning from the GF2 to the 6600GT when it comes. I doubt there isn't much a GF2 can handle that the onboard can't (and make that much of a difference).

Good luck with whatever you end up doing though!

 

[mwmorph]

has anyone run benchies of a geforce2pro 64mb on a a64 3200+ with 512mb ram? winxp sp2? what are the 3dmark 01 scores?

 

[TheOasis]

probably around the 3000 range, but i wouldnt bother with a geforce2 right now, not worth it, use your onboard untill your 6600GT arrives.

 

[mwmorph]

omg. just benchied it. my system is
amd64 3300+(2.4ghz, 256kb l2 chache 1600mhz system bus)
512mb 3-3-3-8 ram(128mb video ram shared)
sis 760 mirage 2
160gb ultra-dma 7200rpm

3Dmark01SE Default Settings
3DMark Score 1722 3D marks

3dmark 2003 Default
3DMark Score 186 3DMarks
CPU Score 199 CPUMarks

PCMARK04 Default

Main Test Results
System Test Suite 3239 PCMarks

Using free versions default settings.
that's just sad...

edit: switched out for gf2ti. benched again
3Dmark01SE Default Settings
5670

3dmark 2003 Default
302

PCmark04
3972