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04-01-2004, 12:16 AM
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New Video Card, Need Help
Okay, this is my first post.
I got this emachines desktop (T1440) about 1.5 years ago, and now it is starting to piss me off. The damn thing is so slow. I have been reading up and considering building my own computer. The question I have is can I use the video card from my emachine when I upgrade? I am looking at getting an Asus P4P800 Deluxe motherboard. The video card on the emachine is Intel Direct AGP 3D (810e Shared). Thanks for the help. Sorry if this seems like a dumb question, I'm still trying to figure a lot of this stuff out. |
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04-01-2004, 12:35 AM
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iTroll
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Thats onboard video. You cannot remove integrasted video from a motherboard so if you build a computer then you will have to buy a new video card.
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04-01-2004, 12:42 AM
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Okay, thanks for the quick response.
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04-01-2004, 07:48 AM
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Welcome to PCMech! ASUS is a good choice for the brand of mobo. You can get an ASUS with onboard video, but if you're looking for speed or wanting to game alot, you'll want to get a video card for the AGP slot. Good luck.
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04-01-2004, 11:52 AM
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Okay... I'm kind of confused now.
After what Kov-Ice said, I did some more looking. I found this.. Here The original motherboard that I was looking at is here: Original My confusion is that these two motherboards look almost identical to me. The only differences I saw were: Original has gigabit LAN, Original does not have video card. Anyone see anything that I didn't? I don't see how these two motherboards are $28 difference, and the one with the integrated video card is cheaper. Could someone shed some light on this for me? TIA tpilews |
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04-01-2004, 12:01 PM
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More questions:
Is there any advantage to having Gigabit LAN over 10/100? (We have cable at the house) I'm not really into gaming, so the computer will be used mostly for listening to songs and watching the occasional DVD. I also burn DVDs. |
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04-02-2004, 02:32 PM
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TTT
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04-02-2004, 03:14 PM
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The orgianl is the better out of the 2
the second one has onboard graphics card which is rubbish get the P4P800 you wont be disapointed get a sapphire radeon 9600xt video card (9800 if you can afford) and you'll have a decent machine |
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04-02-2004, 03:23 PM
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I went with the one with the integrated video card. That motherboard also has an AGP slot so that if I wanted to upgrade the video card in the future I can do so.
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04-02-2004, 09:37 PM
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I have nvidia GeForce4 MX intergrated video and would like info on how to upgrade or tweak to the max 64mbs ddr
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04-03-2004, 10:49 PM
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Gremlin Overlord
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Coolie, I'd make that a new thread, it's not really appropriate here
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