Other than being able to play games with good graphics, what benefits would I get from having a nice graphics card, compared to having integrated graphics?
2007-12-04 07:16:33 · 6 answers · asked by Johnny 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
well, graphics cards are not only for gamers
integrated graphics takes away from the RAM when doing basic tasks, like displaying the monitor, and after installing a graphics card, you would probably see a significant perfromance boost since now the gpu and ram on the card will take care of most of the graphics, allowing the mobo's ram to deal with other tasks
additionly, if you do video editing or other graphics intensive tasks, a moderatly discrete video card would significantly increase performance
finally, with a good video card, you can have a dual display, or even use a tv as your monitor
btw, you can get a pretty good video card for under $100, so for increased performance, its a pretty good thing to consider
2007-12-04 07:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends what you mean by "nice". Most graphics cards are for games, which require high speed processing. If you're not going to be playing games then integrated graphics should be fine. But you can also get other graphics cards which perform other interesting functions, like allowing you to run 2 or even 4 monitors at the same time.
2007-12-04 07:21:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it'd make your computer better for intense video editing and it would free up the shared memory your old integrated card was using (Giving you more RAM for your computer to use.)
Graphics cards are the first thing on a computer to go out of date, so it's best to get a good one.
2007-12-04 07:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on-board memory shares memory with the ram so if you have low memory and are used to using computers with more than one program active will definitely slow or crash your system down in short multi-tasking will not be easy, applications such as Autocad, video and photo editing, simulation softwares would run "nice" on a dedicated graphics card.
2007-12-04 07:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faster refresh rate. For example if you work with photos you'll be able to display them faster especially if you have multiples. With an enhanced graphics card you will have better color resolution overall on your monitor.
2007-12-04 07:21:38 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An onboard gets faulty easily, in fact my old computer's built-in has phase all wrong from day one and have a red/pinkish hue but I slapped on better card to play games.
2007-12-04 10:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋