Onboard video?

lhstud10

lhstud10

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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???

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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)
 
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.

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Thanks :)
good luck.
 
are you sure i can? can someone recomend a card that can play BF2 on mid settings for this?? also under 100 bucks...
 
Pci cards are realy outdated now...even AGP are outdated,But im sure someone will find you a Pci card,I dont know the powerfullest card you can get for Pci to be honest :cool:
 
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.
 
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?)
 
It only has a PCI slot. You can upgrade it, and it will be better then the onboard, but you wont be able to play the current games on decent settings, unless you dish out money for an x1300, which is a waste.
 
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lhstud10 said:
ok
1) can i connect this to my mobo??
2) Can i play games like BF2 on medium settings with this??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133007
and if not...
any on this page??
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609642+4026+1068309611&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48
oh and here is the review on the top link

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?PHPSESSID=9dbdf220ea4213620b7a4788dce767a3&card1=438&card2=
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Why you pick the 5200 for $60, while the 5500 is only $63, I dont know... Also, why did you rule out any 128MB cards?

I would go with the FX5500 or 6200, but be prepared for it to only play BF2 on low settings.

Also, what processor and how much RAM do you have again?
 
ok ill go with the 5500.. right now i have a 256+512 and will be adding annother 512 verry soon... like 2 weeks... so there arent any cards that i can buy under $100 that will get me BF2 on medium???
 
Not for PCI. But what processor do you have?

And the 5500 will run BF2, but depending on your processor, i dont think it will run it well on medium settings.
 
The CPU will also severely hold you back, so i'd say you'd be lucky to play it on low.

If I were you I would seriously look at getting a new system.
 
elitehacker said:
Yeah, single core systems just can't keep up with todays games anymore, you should consider a Core 2 Duo upgrade.
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I hate to disagree with you but most games aren't multithreaded for dual core yet. There are some but pretty much everything 2006 and earlier is not written for dual core. I still use single cores in my gaming rigs and they run everything I've thrown at it so far including Oblivion, Flight Sim X, and Rainbow Six: Vegas. I threw my 7900GT in my E6400 machine once and honestly didn't notice any difference over the single core machines. The only major problem I have with single core chips is that when background tasks or virus updates happen the gameplay is interrupted and I do hate that.
 
Hmm, I still think that two is better than one. I'm not sure if 3dmark 05 and 06 support dual core CPUs, but Dual Core CPU systems get a higher score with the same graphics card.
 
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