nvidia GForce fx 5600XT vs onboard X300

[deforrest]

First of all I would like to say I am a long time troll for THG. I love it and can not get enough. I have been around the block a time or two and know a little bit about alota stuff but usualy only enough to get into trouble.

I am building a special watercooled rig ( by special I mean experemental ) and need to know if an X300 will perform about as well as a 5600. I am trying to stay away from a dedicated vidcard as of yet ( mainly because if the experement goes wrong I dont want to flush a perfictly good 7800 down the toilet )

 

[cleeve]

If memory serves, the 5600 XT was a slow 5600... then again, the X300 is a salow X600. But since the 9600 PRO kicked the 5600 ultra's ass, I'd put my money on the X300 (assuming the X300 has a 128-bit memory bus and not a 64-bit memory bus)

Even if the clockspeeds of the X300 are low, it should overclock really well if you're so inclined.

What do you mean by 'dedicated'...?

 

[raven_87]

Perhaps he means Integrated X300???

 

[prozac26]

Perhaps he means Integrated X300???

Yea, the OP was asking about Integrated X300 vs. a 5600XT. I would rather have a video card, rather than an onboard chip. Onboard chips use the system RAM as memory, so having a video card should mean better overall system performance. And better graphics.

 

[raven_87]

Unfortunately he doesnt want to jepordize his 7800 :lol: :lol:

So he's going to need a chipset WB..

 

[cleeve]

Integrated 5600XT? I never even knew they had those.

On what motherboard can you find a 5600XT?

 

[ikaz]

He means his MB has x300 onboard but he was thinking about geting a 5600xt card to use since it doesn't use system memory. The 5600xt is not intergrated on the MB