Graphics Compairison

[dextar]

I have a Radeon 7000 made by Sapphire with 64MB of ram.. Now this new motherboard I'm getting shares 32MB of ram and has the S3 Prosavage 8 Integrated on the motherboard. Which will be better do you guys think? I know that the Radeon has its own memory but performance wise... Thanks guys and gals..

 

[baldurga]

I don't trust integrated graphics if you want to play games, sharing memory banding hurts performance. So my vote goes for Radeon 7000 ... but I strongly recommend to do a couple of test with both configs with what you usually play. Then you having evidence so you can decide.


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[Crashman]

First of all, your chipset is crap. Second of all, the onboard video is much worse. I'm talking 1997 grade crap. Very sloppy. As weak as the 7000 is, I can't imagine it could possibly be slower than your integrated video.

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[dextar]

Yeah all I could afford... But you were saying.. the KT266 chipset came out arount 2000 I thought.. Yes its a little outdated but Like I said not enough moola in the house.. Sorry to disappoint you.. Just wanted some feedback as to which of them should be better and why.. Thanks

 

[addiarmadar]

My vote is for the Radeon 7000

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[Crashman]

I wasn't trying to say the chipset came out in 1997, I was just stating that the onboard video processor is 1997 technology, give or take a year, and even then it was considered a marginal solution.

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