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post #21 of 22
4/23/06 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by jetmech1
I have found a system that is a P4 3.0GHz but it has intergreated graphics. The old system has an nVidia GFX 5200 PCI 128 mb graphics card, which should be better than the new intergrated graphics. Am I correct on this? If so I will just swap it into the PCI slot. I wished it was an AGP or PCI Express card.
PCI graphics cards are slow compared to AGP X 8 or PCI-express. If you are looking at a replacement uATX board then it should still have an AGP x 8 or PCI-e slot for future upgrades. My suggestion would be to stick with the integrated graphics the new board comes with and save the PCI card for troubleshooting. A 5200 pretty much sucks in terms of speed. So buy the board, use the integrated graphics it comes with and look for a new PCI-e or AGP video card later depending on which of those slots (PCI-e or AGP) it comes with.
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post #22 of 22
4/23/06 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox
PCI graphics cards are slow compared to AGP X 8 or PCI-express. If you are looking at a replacement uATX board then it should still have an AGP x 8 or PCI-e slot for future upgrades. My suggestion would be to stick with the integrated graphics the new board comes with and save the PCI card for troubleshooting. A 5200 pretty much sucks in terms of speed. So buy the board, use the integrated graphics it comes with and look for a new PCI-e or AGP video card later depending on which of those slots (PCI-e or AGP) it comes with.
Thanks for the advice. That old computer runs some of the new games like Star Wars Battkefront with ease. The graphics are pretty good for a a 6 year old p3 with a old PCI graphics. The graphics really made the difference in the computer.
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