Re: Question Unanswered

I'd say that's a good move. I've had better luck going that route -
provided the system memory is sufficient otherwise.

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On Oct 1, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Abed Zantout wrote:

> 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:
&gt; 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
&gt; 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
&gt; OR boost the system RAM to 1 Gb. The days of crappy onboard video
&gt; are pretty much gone, BUT you *have* to make sure you have plenty of
> system RAM.
>;
> Wyatt M. Portendt
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&gt;
> Mac Pro * 2 (x) 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon Dual Core * OS X 10.4.10 Tiger/
&gt; Windows XP Pro
> Dell Dimension E520 * Intel Core 2 E6420 Duo Processor 2.13 GHZ *
> Ubuntu Linux
&gt; Asus (Homebuilt) * AMD XP64 3400+ * Windows XP Pro
> 20" iMac * Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz * OS X 10.4.10 Tiger
&gt;
> On Sep 28, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Abed Zantout wrote:
&gt;
>&gt; 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
&gt;> chip on an e-machine desktop.
>> I will be doing this work (upgrade) either this weekend or on
>&gt; Monday.
>>
>> Not sure what I am up against but I will share my experience or
>&gt; the problem I face with the group later on so we may all learn
&gt;> something.
>>
>> Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
>>
>> Abed

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