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I didn't really see the question, but here's a short answer to what I
think you're looking at. Onboard video is fine, the newest ones work
really well IF two variables are satisfied. First, the amount of
video RAM allocated to the onboard chip must be sufficient to do what
you want. These days, I'd say that 128 Mb should be a starting
point. Second, since the video RAM on an onboard video card robs a
little of your system memory, I'd be really sure that you have enough
system memory to run once you subtract the video RAM from it.

IOW, let's say you run XP. That should have a minimum of 512 Mb
system RAM to get any kind of acceptable performance. With a 128 Mb
onboard video chip, you're only left with 384 Mb system memory. Your
XP will run, but it won't be fast and maybe not very pretty. The
easy fix is to go with a graphics card with its own 128 Mb of memory
OR boost the system RAM to 1 Gb. The days of crappy onboard video
are pretty much gone, BUT you *have* to make sure you have plenty of
system RAM.

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On Sep 28, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Abed Zantout wrote:

> Good morning everyone.
>
> I see that no one had attempted to answer my question from
> Wednesday Sept. 26 regarding the Video Board vs. the built in Video
> chip on an e-machine desktop.
> I will be doing this work (upgrade) either this weekend or on
> Monday.
>
> Not sure what I am up against but I will share my experience or
> the problem I face with the group later on so we may all learn
> something.
>
> Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
>
>; Abed

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I think both built in video and video card is okay to be both enabled
on a system. The monitor will work connecting it to either of the
two. I have mine both enabled and I have no problem with them. Of
course you can always disable the built in video in your BIOS or in
the device manager of windows. For me, it doesn't matter if both both
are enabled or built in video disabled.

3XC

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Thank you Wyatt,
I appreciate the advice.
My friend, whose desktop I am adding the graphic board to, would like to go the way of a separate PCI Express graphic board.
I will see how it goes this week.

Thanks again.

Abed

"Wyatt M. Portendt&quot; < deacon.zeke%40gmail.com">deacon.zekegmail.com> wrote:
I didn't really see the question, but here's a short answer to what I
think you're looking at. Onboard video is fine, the newest ones work
really well IF two variables are satisfied. First, the amount of
video RAM allocated to the onboard chip must be sufficient to do what
you want. These days, I'd say that 128 Mb should be a starting
point. Second, since the video RAM on an onboard video card robs a
little of your system memory, I'd be really sure that you have enough
system memory to run once you subtract the video RAM from it.

IOW, let's say you run XP. That should have a minimum of 512 Mb
system RAM to get any kind of acceptable performance. With a 128 Mb
onboard video chip, you're only left with 384 Mb system memory. Your
XP will run, but it won't be fast and maybe not very pretty. The
easy fix is to go with a graphics card with its own 128 Mb of memory
OR boost the system RAM to 1 Gb. The days of crappy onboard video
are pretty much gone, BUT you *have* to make sure you have plenty of
system RAM.

Wyatt M. Portendt
Group Moderator - iMacChat%40yahoogroups.com">iMacChatyahoogroups.com
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Mac Pro * 2 (x) 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon Dual Core * OS X 10.4.10 Tiger/
Windows XP Pro
Dell Dimension E520 * Intel Core 2 E6420 Duo Processor 2.13 GHZ *
Ubuntu Linux
Asus (Homebuilt) * AMD XP64 3400+ * Windows XP Pro
20&quot; iMac * Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz * OS X 10.4.10 Tiger

On Sep 28, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Abed Zantout wrote:

> Good morning everyone.
>
&gt; I see that no one had attempted to answer my question from
> Wednesday Sept. 26 regarding the Video Board vs. the built in Video
> chip on an e-machine desktop.
> I will be doing this work (upgrade) either this weekend or on
> Monday.
>
> Not sure what I am up against but I will share my experience or
> the problem I face with the group later on so we may all learn
> something.
>
&gt; Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
>
>; Abed

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