motherboard video interface

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2010/07/08 12:11:07 (permalink)

motherboard video interface

Some new PC's I am considering have a video interface on the motherboard. The new PC's that I am considering, with this feature, will be used for electronic music applications only (e.g. Sonar, SW synthesizers, etc.), which are not graphics intensive.

Can I get by successfully using the onboard video adapter, thereby freeing up an expansion slot?

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Keith

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    jcschild
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    Re:motherboard video interface 2010/07/08 12:47:30 (permalink)
    onboard video is generally not an issue.

    some plug ins like Waves however need a good video card
    worst case you run across something then add a video card.

    Scott
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    kmcm
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    Re:motherboard video interface 2010/07/26 02:40:06 (permalink)
    A lot of on-board video chips have no video ram, and take their ram from the system ram, as a "shared" resource.

    Having as much system ram for multi-track recording etc; is quite important.  You may suffer latency lag if you have a mother board video chip that hogs ram.

    Try to buy a separate "and cheapset" Video card, as they all have their own Video Ram.

    Music Creator 5 - Gigabyte X48 motherboard - 4MB dd3 Ram - Intel Duo 3GHz - Windows Vista - Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro - 4 x Sata2 Hard Drives in Striped RAID Array - Studio monitor amp and speakers - Yamaha Electric / Midi Piano

    Kevin @ Brisbane Australia
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