Would add on card help an 810`s onboard video...?

[Bartman39]

I have an intel 810 motherboard w/onboard video... (1 or 2meg...?) but was wondering if adding an old Monster 3D (PCI 4meg) video card w/pass through cable help it in games or would it hinder it...?

Opinions...?

Thanks in advance...

 

[BFG10K]

The built-in 810 graphics controller is an integrated 2D/3D accelerator and IIRC it has 8 MB VRAM. As it stands it'll be much faster than that Voodoo1 of yours. Also using the pass-through cable will degrade your 2D image quality.

 

[Rand]

The I810's integrated graphics is pretty sad by today's standards.... based on a modified I740 core if I recall correctly. But it is nonetheless faster then the original Voodoo1.

 

[FrustratedUser]

i810 is bad but still quicker than a Voodoo1.
I got a GF2MX PCI to replace the i810. Works great. Some people say go for Voodoo5 because it is the quickest PCI card out there, hands down. I didn't because of the obvious. They're out of business.

 

[EdipisReks]

the 810 doesn't have a set amount of memory, but takes up to 11 MB of system memory depending on what it is doing. regardless, it sucks pretty bad however, despite its suckitude, it is better than a voodoo1. when i owned an 810 system (it is now my girlfriend's) i put a voodoo2 in it and got a great increase in speed. v2's are really cheap ($12 in some places), so i would go buy 2 of those and run them in SLI or (assuming you can disbble the onboard video on your motherboard, which you can't do on all systems) go get a nice voodoo3 PCI of geforce2MX PCI.

--jacob