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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Graphic cards => Topic started by: sscinokc on December 29, 2010, 02:19:15 pm
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Hello ALL. I'm new to Gigabyte and this forum. Just ordered the GA-880 motherboard and not sure whether to go ahead and get a separate graphics card. I am NOT a gamer. System will be utilized for basic word processing, photo editing, slide show presentations and also using a tv tuner card. Will the built-in graphics on this board be enough?
Another option is to pull my GeForce NX6200TC (256 MB) from my old system and use it. Or am I better off to get a separate graphics card completely?
Thanks for any constructive feedback you can give.
SSC
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Hi there and welcome to the forum,
The on-board graphics should be more than enough for what you are proposing to do with the PC. Just something to bear in mind is that using the On-board graphics chip will take some of your RAM.
On a personal note I prefer to use a separate graphics card and if you do decide to go down this route then I would suggest you look for an ATI based card. You don't need to spend a fortune on this card and a low end 5 series card will more than fit the bill.
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Hi there and welcome to the forum,
The on-board graphics should be more than enough for what you are proposing to do with the PC. Just something to bear in mind is that using the On-board graphics chip will take some of your RAM.
On a personal note I prefer to use a separate graphics card and if you do decide to go down this route then I would suggest you look for an ATI based card. You don't need to spend a fortune on this card and a low end 5 series card will more than fit the bill.
Thanks absic! That's exactly what I needed to hear. I'll get going using the motherboard, and may switch over to a separate card down the road! Thanks again!!