RE: Video Card Question
2006/11/04 11:42:59
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kryon,
Typically, onboard video will use 8 to 64mb of system ram. And you are right, it is noturiously sluggish.
IRQ conflicts were common in earlier versions of Windows, but XP handles this much better.
AGP is faster, but for your purposes, PCI will be fast enough. You would see a huge inprovement.
I am running dual monitors from a nVidea 6600(AGP) on a 2.4ghz P4, with virtually no drain on the CPU.
Make sure you get one for standard PCI, not PCI Express. It's not the same. I see that most X1300 cards are PCI Express, so be careful.
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