Can anyone tell me about the GeForce 6150le graphics card? Is it any good?

Question

I've had experience with Radeon graphics cards, how to they match up? Which is better?

Answer 1

Well, I think the last answerer was a bit generous with his appraisal. You might be able to play 4+ year old games at medium to low detail, but anything newer forget about it. The 6150 is integrate graphics, which means it borrows memory from your system. If you are not a gamer, It will probably be fine for you, although it still wouldn't hurt to install a cheap graphics card to take some of that stress of your system memory. The Radeon equivalent to that would be something like the Radeon Express 200. If you would like to upgrade, send me an email with your price range and of course what type of stuff you need your card to do, and I can help you find something. My email is in my profile.

Answer 2

Well, for starters, the 6150LE is part of some recent Nvidia chipsets and is a very good (for it's type) intergrated video processor.

It will play most games at low to medium detail, and older games at high detail. Full-screen video and such will be excellent as well.

As for the Radeon equivalent, it's hard to say exactly. Judging from my experience, it's roughly equal to a Radeon x300 pro, or 9600.

If you are into games, I recommend looking at dedicated 3d cards, such as the ATI Radeon X1600Pro, or the Nvidia 7600GS, both of which can be found for around the $100 mark, and play new games with medium to high detail at smooth framerates. If you need extremely high resolution and tons of AA/AF, you will be stuck spending $200+. But that is only for the diehard gamers, and those with money to burn.

My advice, try that 6150 out first, because the Nvidia boards with that video chip onboard also have x16 PCI Express upgrade slot open for a dedicated graphics card if you need to upgrade.