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Jul 29, 2002, 12:29 PM
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Onboard Video
Ok i have an inboard graphics system and im wondering if that would be better compared to my my AGP card.
Specs. pc chips M810 mobo AMD Duron 900mhz mobo with lan,sound,video TnT2 m64 32mb agp video card 256megs of pc133 sdram the mobo says it has onboard 128bit 2d/3/ 100mhz host interface agp shared memory architecture allows a maxium of 64 mb to act as frame buffer suppourts high res up to 1920X1440 so what i was wondering was if i were to go ahead and use the onboard video would it be better and would my system take advantage of the 64mb that it can take while playing a game? Or should i stick to the AGP card since it's more or less deticated? |
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Jul 31, 2002, 01:27 AM
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That's odd, my i810e board has 133mhz on-board video. Maybe a trip to Intel for the 82810 chipset graphics controller is in store. Get the 'Application Accelerator' & the inf. 'Installation Utility' while you're there. Check to see if that is the chipset you have (purdy sure all 810's did run it tho') first.
Unplug the card, hook the monitor up to the on-board, re-boot (Win should detect/enable it) & give it a go. I'd venture you get 2/3 the performance of the TNT card.  HTH, JAV GBA! |
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Jul 31, 2002, 03:35 AM
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Ummm, what???
Jav are you saying that you think that sourcer_2002 has integrated intel video on his AMD cpu pc chips motherboard? I didn't know intel made chipsets for amd.  |
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Jul 31, 2002, 03:58 AM
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Nah i do know thats SiS and did get a greater improvement in GTA3 and Quake3 i thougt it would have blown and the AGP card would have been better but i guess i was wrong. I havent tried it at a higher fsb yet but i will
 Is there anyway i can boot my comp up with both? I konw if i have the agp card in it dosent "see" the onboard video any ideas on how ot od this? |
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Jul 31, 2002, 08:36 AM
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Open mouth & insert foot!
 I saw 810 & jumped like a big dog! Prolly would have been a heckuva board ... |
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Jul 31, 2002, 10:57 PM
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A better card than a TNT2 M64 would show an advantage over the onboard.
As far as I can tell, the onboard is a SIS630/730 - and later drivers may be available from http://WWW.SIS.COM than those at Pc-chips. The 630 appears to be the "Intel" version, and the 730 the AMD, but otherwise similar - with a Sis300 graphics core. The frame buffer allocation is just like the ram size of a card, but is deducted from system RAM - there is probably also an AGP aperture setting, which determines an additional availability of system RAM for communication with the card or onboard. The main drawback of onboard, is that when the RAM is accessed by graphics - for screen refresh or accelerator functions, the CPU will have to wait - the effect on processor perfomance similar to running with slower RAM - so if the board suppports running the RAM at 133 and the Duron CPU at 100 (200FSB) - use that option unless you find it unstable. Better still, give it a worthwhile AGP card, or pair a PCI with AGP or onboard if you fancy dual display - dual AGP is not an option! http://www.xbitlabs.com/mainboards/sis630.html Unless you have the FBC (Frame buffer cache) option plugged into the AGP slot, it should be DOWN on a TNT2 - but that's a FULL TNT2, not the memory-crippled TNT2 M64. |
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