Whats the diff between on board and dedicated graphic card

last SG · 2009-03-22T19:13:56+00:00

Basically yes. Integrated GFX can be found under the little heatsinks of the NB(Those small little protruding fins at the center of the board.Dedicated GPU's...

davidche SG

All i know is that onboard GCs use memory from the RAM sticks while dedicated ones use their own.

Besides tat, does the intensity of graphics tat they are able to display differ a lot?

kenn3th SG

let's put it this way. for eg you have a dedicated graphics.

that means u are assured of 256mb to run your games. most dedicated graphics allow u to have shared graphics too. so if 256mb is not enough u can expand it - up to a certain amount

for shared graphics, that means, you will have to come out 256mb from your ram. (but it might be lesser or more depending on what is the max of your onboard graphics). this causes strain on the computer.

SBS7484P SG

onboard graphics are usually not suited for gaming, unless u have an integrated ati or nvidia chipset which is of fairly good spec.

nenepokey SG

onboard graphics are usually not suited for gaming, unless u have an integrated ati or nvidia chipset which is of fairly good spec.

Intel graphic is really cmi...

PWNED32 SG

Imagine playing Call of duty 5, left 4 dead,crysis and GTA(the new 1 i forgot) on the integrated graphics

SBS7484P SG

Imagine playing Call of duty 5, left 4 dead,crysis and GTA(the new 1 i forgot) on the integrated graphics

you can, if you have an integrated ati or nividia chipset powerful enough to handle them.

SBS7484P SG

Intel graphic is really cmi...

they dont go down well even with really old games.

even lags on maplestory high res/ details.

kenn3th SG

they dont go down well even with really old games.

even lags on maplestory high res/ details.

whatever you do. the rule of thumb is, use what others are using. if they use nvdia/ati - follow them.

dont use graphics card like S3 Chrome ect.

SBS7484P SG

whatever you do. the rule of thumb is, use what others are using. if they use nvdia/ati - follow them.

dont use graphics card like S3 Chrome ect.

ati ftw!

kenn3th SG

ati coupled with amd processors super hot -_-

SBS7484P SG

doesent matter :D

PWNED32 SG

Me using 9800gtx good anot? The Dedicated is 1GB.

kenn3th SG

good

PWNED32 SG

oh ok.

MyPillowTalks SG

The 790 chipset for amd comes with HD3300 onboard graphics

i think not bad for an onboard graphics

however, nothing beats a dedicated graphics like HD4870x2

davidche SG

IM using onboard nvdia. bought 2 gb ram. Hope i can play cz with reasonable resolution XD

BEARZAIS SG

The 790 chipset for amd comes with HD3300 onboard graphics

i think not bad for an onboard graphics

however, nothing beats a dedicated graphics like HD4870x2

i thought the 295 gtx is better ??

i brought the 4870x2 and so far the drawbacks are that it consume tons of voltage..

it emits lots of noise and gets hot easily..i dun have a cooler device

but at least it allows me to play empire total war on full settings.lol.

nenepokey SG

i thought the 295 gtx is better ??

i brought the 4870x2 and so far the drawbacks are that it consume tons of voltage..

it emits lots of noise and gets hot easily..i dun have a cooler device

but at least it allows me to play empire total war on full settings.lol.

actually GTX295 isn't really good lar...the GPU clock is slow...only at 576MHz. if u take 2 GTX285 to SLI, it's much better, with lowest 648MHz GPU Clock, and the shader clock is much higher.

PWNED32 SG

So whats the best card? I might buy.

SoulDivine SG

I am currently using ATI Radeon HD 4870. I never use integrated graphics for my desktop computers.