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05-20-2005, 11:58 AM
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Onboard Video Good enough?
Hi all, I am thinking about upgrading one of my systems and was wondering if the MB's onboard video out by VGA will be good enough to drive a 20" monitor to run sage with. I would plan on getting a seperate vid card down the road but as a temporary solution I would rather spend my money in other areas.
Thanks JUC 
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05-20-2005, 12:08 PM
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I'd say if you get one of the Nvidia or ATI chipset boards with OB GeForce or Radeon then the OB video should be ok. Any Intel or SIS OB video will certainly leave you wanting more. You can get a cheap 128mb AGP Radeon for ~ $35 - so it may not be worth settling with onboard.
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05-20-2005, 12:13 PM
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It would help to know what integrated video you have and how you intend to use it; i.e. VMR9 or overlay. Overlay, you'd be ok. VMR9? Probably hosed.
To give you a data point, I run a client with a P3/1.13Ghz/512mb and an S3 integrated POS VGA. It runs just fine (snappy I call it) at SDTV resolution via TV Out.
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05-20-2005, 12:37 PM
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i actually haven't found a motherboard yet that i want to use. So i am open to suggestions--something cheap though. i've heard stay away from Via chipsets. Overlay should be fine for this one since it will just be a secondary system for now and probably will be headless in the future.
Thanks JUC
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05-20-2005, 12:46 PM
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I've had decent success with the Intel line of motherboards with onboard lan sound video -- often I end up putting in a higher end video card, but its nice to be able to use the motherboard when you upgrade or whatever to do other things and not have to add other hardware. Currently I just finished a big rebuild dedicating my old Celeron 1.7 D845GBV mobo to Sage, and Im just using the onboard video. *however* I use 99% only the 350's tv-out, which really doesnt utilize the video or CPU much. I *have* run the "local play" (ie: on the monitor) while testing, and found performance was OK but CPU was pretty high.
My main machine is a new p4 intel D945 (?) lan video sound, but I put a new pci-e 6600 in it on the 3rd day. I *have* heard some stories about intel boards way way back, but never really encountered anything I would put down to my mobo's. FWIW.. Cory
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