Old timers computer onbaord or graphics?

[kenny724]

Ok, guys and gals. I guess I'm getting known for older stuff here....lol. Ok, working on this computer which is a 1600+ Athlon XP with 512mb of ram...upgrading to 1 gig. However, the onboard video only goes to 32mb...but I found an Asus 16mb AGP V3800. Which do you think would have the better performance in just a business environment...no gaming or anything? The onboard video with 32 megs or the separate video card with 16 megs? Probably a small GPU but it might take some of the pressure off the CPU.

Thanks,
Kenny

 

[Onus]

For strictly business, stick with the onboard. If you want to watch movies on it, something like this 2400Pro would take some of the decoder functions off the CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129097.
$77 may be over the budget on this job though.