Graphics Card or Not?

Bramp · 10-22-2006, 10:48 PM

I do not have actual physical graphics card, its onboard, shared up to 64mb. Onboard meaning built into the Mother Board. When I look it up on the Intel site which I believe to be the manufacture, they call it a “chipset” 845g.

Anyhow I was in an online game and the talk of graphics cards came up. I said I did not have one. Was I right in saying this? Or is it in fact really a graphics card even though it’s onboard?

If it’s not a graphics card, how would I explain to people what I have, other then being told I am a liar. LOL

Rip_Uk · 10-22-2006, 10:49 PM

Tell them you have integrated graphics on your motherboard

Bramp · 10-22-2006, 10:52 PM

So it's not actually called a graphics card?

**Archangel** · 10-22-2006, 10:52 PM

nope... because its not a 'card'

Nevakonaza · 10-22-2006, 10:55 PM

Yeah onboard is just a Graphics chip built into the mobo for your graphics which relys on system ram.

I had it before.

Bramp · 10-22-2006, 11:00 PM

Okay thanks guys this explains things good. Now that I know I was not making a mistake, I can explain it better to them.

10-22-2006, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bramp Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 378	Graphics Card or Not? I do not have actual physical graphics card, its onboard, shared up to 64mb. Onboard meaning built into the Mother Board. When I look it up on the Intel site which I believe to be the manufacture, they call it a “chipset” 845g. Anyhow I was in an online game and the talk of graphics cards came up. I said I did not have one. Was I right in saying this? Or is it in fact really a graphics card even though it’s onboard? If it’s not a graphics card, how would I explain to people what I have, other then being told I am a liar. LOL

10-22-2006, 10:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rip_Uk Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: West Midlands, UK Age: 24 Posts: 1,563	Tell them you have integrated graphics on your motherboard __________________ Antec Three Hundred Samsung SM226BW 22" TFT Msi P55 CD53 Intel Core i5 750 XFX HD 4870 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 PC3-12800 (8-8-8-24) Samsung Ecogreen F2 1.5TB HDD Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW/RAM/DL Corsair 650W TX Logitech G15 Keyboard and G5 mouse

10-22-2006, 10:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 22 Posts: 9,895	nope... because its not a 'card' __________________ Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning.

10-22-2006, 10:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nevakonaza VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 12,780	Yeah onboard is just a Graphics chip built into the mobo for your graphics which relys on system ram. I had it before. __________________ Desktop= Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.4Ghz\|MSI P35 Neo-F\|[5GB OCZ Vista Gold Series -6400 oc.\|XFX HD4890 XT 1GB GDDR5 (950/4040) \| X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1\|Coolermaster Dominator 690 Black (Modded)\|OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular\| 250Gb & 500GB Sata2 Avermedia Volar HDTV Tuner\|Windows 7 Home X64 Asus X58 Laptop Intel M575 2Ghz \|120GB Sata HDD \|Crucial 2GB DDR2 800mhz \|15.4 inch Widescreen display]\|Intel GM965\|Vista Basic 32Bit\|DVD-RW

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10-22-2006, 10:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bramp Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 378	So it's not actually called a graphics card?

10-22-2006, 11:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bramp Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 378	Okay thanks guys this explains things good. Now that I know I was not making a mistake, I can explain it better to them.

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