Integrated vs. PCI

[nbk]

Which is better? A specific card would be the 256-bit 5500 fx, 128 DDR. The integrated graphics would be Intel's new 915 chipset(96 mb). I am looking to see if the GCARD would be worth the buy.

 

[priyajeet]

The integrated graphics is PCIe graphics. Will be faster than PCI. But 5500fx is not PCI. Its AGP as far as I know. Both kinda suck. You have better options.

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/fing.jpg" target="_new"><i><font color=red>Very funny, Scotty.</font color=red><font color=blue> Now beam down my clothes.</font color=blue></i></A> :tongue: <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by priyajeet on 11/11/04 05:47 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[nbk]

5500fx does have a PCI version.

Is just the I915 chipset PCIe?

**The way you made it sound, is as if the actual integrated graphics are PCIe. I have never heard of that - but I do know that it has support for PCIe cards.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by nbk on 11/11/04 07:06 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[priyajeet]

yes integrated PCIe chipset will have integrated PCIe graphics. Just like AGP chipsets had AGP integrated graphics. The slot is replaced by the chip.

Somebody correct me if i m wrong.

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[nbk]

OK

What if the mobo + chipset do not support either PCIe or AGP - would the integrated graphics just be PCI IG?

Also-thanks for the help

 

[Crashman]

LOL, impossible. Every integrated chipset supports AGP graphics. It's integrated. Most also support a slot, but some don't. There are no integrated PCI graphics chipsets, only AGP and PCIe.

Now, old chipsets like the i810E had no provisions for an AGP slot, but the chip itself had an AGP graphics controller updated from Intel's i740 graphics card. So it had AGP graphics built in, but it was so poor nearly any decent PCI card would do better.

Today's integrated graphics are often better. nVidia and ATI make integrated boards with graphics that rival the performance of decent PCI cards. But for the most part, a card will outperform whatever is integrated. And cards offer the advantage of not using system RAM.

So for integrated graphics, PCI chipsets have an AGP graphics chip built in, while PCIe chipsets have a PCIe graphics chip built in.

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[priyajeet]

so i guess i wasnt wrong

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/fing.jpg" target="_new"><i><font color=red>Very funny, Scotty.</font color=red><font color=blue> Now beam down my clothes.</font color=blue></i></A> :tongue: