Onboard graphics / added graphics

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dunerider5

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If I buy a motherboard with an agp slot and onboard graphics, can I put a better video card on it later? Do the onboard graphics cards play modern games typically?
 
can I put a better video card on it later?
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Yes you can. Onboard graphics are not going to play "modern" games (well they might but the quality will be TERRIBLE). What games do you plan on playing?
 
none, I just dont want to be scewed in the future. Im moving out, so I figure I might get back in to the gaming thing again. But probably not, because i cant really afford 40 bucks a month for high speed internet.... going back to dial up will SUCK.
 
Nothing extra you can do for $40 a month? You can still game with 56K, jsut don't play online games.

But yeah, you can disable onboard graphics when you get a seperate AGP/PCI card that you want to use. I'm doing that with a friend's computer. He can't afford a card right now so i got him a mobo with onboard for small gaming and basic desktop use, and he will probably get a 9600 later on.
 
How do you disable the onboard card? I have a KM400 and it has serious issues with my memory, I want to use the other 32MB extern PCI card I have but it never seems to acknowledge its there.
 
go to control panel --> System --> Hardware --> Device Manager --> Click on the video adapter, and then right click and press disable. I actually installed a new video card without disabling the onboard, and it still worked. But try that, it should work.
 
Not just that, by installing a videocard your BIOS should automatically forfeit the onboard video :)
 
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