Do most inexpencive computers have integrated gaphics now?

[Amber L]

Thank you for the information regardng my other post :)

I am curious about something though. Most computers I have checked out
at Best Buy and Circuit City have integrated graphics. Is this the norm
now for low to medium end computers ? Is it typical now to have to
disable these "cards" and replace them with dedicated cards in order to
play online games ? I am very curious about this because I bought a
computer about 7 years ago and had none of the issues I am having now
with trying to find a decently priced computer to play online games on
with a graphics slot that allowes me to play actually play them.

[D.J.]

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 07:44:41 -0800, ***@webtv.net (Amber
L) wrote:
]Thank you for the information regardng my other post :)
]
]I am curious about something though. Most computers I have checked out
]at Best Buy and Circuit City have integrated graphics. Is this the norm
]now for low to medium end computers ? Is it typical now to have to
]disable these "cards" and replace them with dedicated cards in order to
]play online games ? I am very curious about this because I bought a

My desktop has integrated graphics. I bought a video card compatible
with the video slot, AGP in that instance, and used the card. Works
fine.

JimP.

[Palindrome]

Post by D.J.
]Thank you for the information regardng my other post :)
]
]I am curious about something though. Most computers I have checked out
]at Best Buy and Circuit City have integrated graphics. Is this the norm
]now for low to medium end computers ? Is it typical now to have to
]disable these "cards" and replace them with dedicated cards in order to
]play online games ?

Generally, as a rule of thumb, mobo graphics can't compete with a
decent graphics card on mid- to high-end games. Cards have better
features such as a graphics processor and dedicated RAM on the card
Mobo graphic cards generally share your pc's RAM and the mobo
processor has to do the work.


Palindrome

[Mark Rafn]

Post by Amber L
I am curious about something though. Most computers I have checked out
at Best Buy and Circuit City have integrated graphics. Is this the norm
now for low to medium end computers ?

It's the norm for low end. It's fairly common for business-oriented medium
end. For gaming machines, mid through high end will all have discrete
graphics cards (or in a very few cases, and in laptops, an onboard chip, but
it'll have the same designator as a card, and be NVidia or ATI branded with a
model number that you can look up and compare to other cards.

Post by Amber L
Is it typical now to have to disable these "cards" and replace them with
dedicated cards in order to play online games ?

Yes, or to buy a machine with a higher-end card in it already.

Post by Amber L
I am very curious about this because I bought a computer about 7 years
ago and had none of the issues I am having now with trying to find a
decently priced computer to play online games on

Depends on definition of "decently priced". Dell insprion 530 is $509 for a
core 2 duo, 1GB RAM, NVidia 8300GS, no monitor or keyboard (assuming you
already have those). This should be a fairly usable low-end gaming machine.
You can double the price and go to 2gb ram, a bit faster processor, and an
NVidia 8600GT, which makes it a pretty decent midrange box.
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