Onboard graphics better then my fx 5200 card ?

Question

i have a fx 5200 graphics card with 128 mb memory & with my onboard graphics i can set it up to 256 & i have 1gb of ram installed, So my question is is my onboard graphics gonna serve me better then my fx 5200 graphics card ??

Answer 1

The onboard graphics may be faster (depending upon whether it's a slow Intel chipset or something like GeForce 6100 which is becoming pretty common) but it's generally better to have a seperate card and not lose system memory.

If your onboard video is Intel, go with the FX5200 until you can get a better card (something like a 7600GT)

Answer 2

5200 is much much better. The onboard will take away from your system memory (shared).