Which is Better?

[joepeacock]

I have a new Dell PC with on-board Intel 3D Extreme Graphics. I also have an nVidia card from eVGA.com. It is an e-geForce2 64MB AGP 4x/2x/1x card with a 256-bit processor. It's a couple of years old (still new in box - just an older product). I don't know anything about these things, so, is it worth even installing the card?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[SkipCox]

I'm sure it would be an improvement as long as no install issues exist.

Good graphics chipsets get hot because of the amount of work they do. This alone prevents a motherboard manufacturer from integrating a decent chip on their boards.

As long as you have a slot to plug it into and it doesn't conflict with anything else (unlikely), I'd go for it.

hth,

Skip

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[paparazi]

Yes it would be an improvement over onboard, obviously not cutting edge but it will enable you to play all but the latest of games reasonably.
Martin

Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[joepeacock]

Yeah, so I opened up the case to try to install the new card. No AGP slot. I see the spot it's supposed to be, but they didn't solder one in there. Oh well. Thanks for the responses, anyway.

 

[cdogg]

Even without an AGP slot, you could go out and grab a PCI GeForce4MX card which would be a huge improvement to your onboard graphic capabilities.

There are some decent cheap onboard graphics worth having like the Nvidia's NForce, which can decently play any game made before 2003. However, your situation is nowhere near average, so definitely consider upgrading to PCI video, or buying/building a new system soon.


~cdogg
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[joepeacock]

cdogg -
I've been looking at PCI cards today. Would a 128 MB GeForce4MX be better than a 128 MB Radeon 9200SE? I've seen good things about the Radeon's ability to overcome the problems associated with PCI.

 

[cdogg]

To be honest, I've never seen benchmarks of either card, and have not heard anything (good or bad) about the Radeon 9200SE PCI version.

I would say either would give a tremendous boost to your situation.


~cdogg
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[tab][tab]- A. Einstein

 

[joepeacock]

Thanks for the input. It looks like I can get either for about $70 on Pricewatch, so I'll see if I can find any more infor about them.

Joe