Onboard video?

lhstud10 · 03-16-2007, 04:23 PM

hey i have an hp and it has crappy onboard video... like 64mb and i want to upgrade, but it says that the video memory is not expandable... does that mean that i cant add a new GPU??? if so is there a way to get arround it like shut off the onboard video???

MOBO

lhstud10 · 03-16-2007, 06:24 PM

heyman421 · 03-16-2007, 06:26 PM

ya, do you have a graphics port of any type?

it will automatically turn the onboard off if you install a new card.

But if the amount of video memory is your concern, usually you can adjust how much of your main memory is shared with your graphics processor in the bios, unless you onboard video actually has it's own memory (the ati models)

CCPS · 03-16-2007, 06:51 PM

yeah you can add a video card. You will need a PCI one to fit into that white slots Blow that shows the Motherboard in the color.

Thanks

good luck.

chupacabra · 03-16-2007, 07:06 PM

There isn't agp,pci express slot so you will have a hard time getting a videoc ard for that mobo

lhstud10 · 03-16-2007, 08:44 PM

are you sure i can? can someone recomend a card that can play BF2 on mid settings for this?? also under 100 bucks...

Nevakonaza · 03-16-2007, 08:52 PM

Pci cards are realy outdated now...even AGP are outdated,But im sure someone will find you a Pci card,I dont know the powerfullest card you can get for Pci to be honest

heyman421 · 03-16-2007, 09:33 PM

well, a pci card isn't a problem for gaming, because directx and opengl use an overlay, so the video is coming straight out of the gpu out to the monitor

the only place a pci card really suffers is that it takes longer to load data into the video memory, and non-accelerated graphics (visualizations in wmp are choppy, and even moving windows can be choppy, and full screen flash video is a nightmare with a pci video card.)

You can get a x1300 for under $100 for your pci slot, and it will beat the piss out of the onboard.

the x1300 (in fact, anything in the radeon line, i believe) has onboard mpeg2, mpeg4, and h264 decompression, so watching movies will be fine on it. The only things that really suffer on a pci card are those i listed above.

lhstud10 · 03-17-2007, 05:53 PM

humm, my case is really small, im thinking that i should go buy a case and then a new mobo so that my videoboard isnt pci, and it can be the newer one. (isn't pci-e?)

chupacabra · 03-17-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lhstud10

(isn't pci-e?)

Isn't even agp

, there isn't point buying new mobo/case since that's an obsolete model of computer you would be expending your money for nothing

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03-16-2007, 06:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	ya, do you have a graphics port of any type? it will automatically turn the onboard off if you install a new card. But if the amount of video memory is your concern, usually you can adjust how much of your main memory is shared with your graphics processor in the bios, unless you onboard video actually has it's own memory (the ati models)

03-16-2007, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
CCPS Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: PA Posts: 183	yeah you can add a video card. You will need a PCI one to fit into that white slots Blow that shows the Motherboard in the color. Thanks good luck.

03-16-2007, 07:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
chupacabra Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,876	There isn't agp,pci express slot so you will have a hard time getting a videoc ard for that mobo

03-16-2007, 08:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
lhstud10 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX Age: 17 Posts: 593	are you sure i can? can someone recomend a card that can play BF2 on mid settings for this?? also under 100 bucks...

03-16-2007, 09:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	well, a pci card isn't a problem for gaming, because directx and opengl use an overlay, so the video is coming straight out of the gpu out to the monitor the only place a pci card really suffers is that it takes longer to load data into the video memory, and non-accelerated graphics (visualizations in wmp are choppy, and even moving windows can be choppy, and full screen flash video is a nightmare with a pci video card.) You can get a x1300 for under $100 for your pci slot, and it will beat the piss out of the onboard. the x1300 (in fact, anything in the radeon line, i believe) has onboard mpeg2, mpeg4, and h264 decompression, so watching movies will be fine on it. The only things that really suffer on a pci card are those i listed above.

03-17-2007, 05:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
lhstud10 Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austin, TX Age: 17 Posts: 593	humm, my case is really small, im thinking that i should go buy a case and then a new mobo so that my videoboard isnt pci, and it can be the newer one. (isn't pci-e?)