Intel Sound and Video

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I'm going to build my next system around an Intel 865GBF motherboard. How
does the onboard sound compare to a Sound Blaster Live card? The same
question about the video compared to a TNT2 64 card? If they are close I'm
going to leave them in my old system Athlon XP 1700 system that my son will
inherit.
 
BudMan said:
I'm going to build my next system around an Intel 865GBF motherboard. How
does the onboard sound compare to a Sound Blaster Live card? The same
question about the video compared to a TNT2 64 card? If they are close I'm
going to leave them in my old system Athlon XP 1700 system that my son will
inherit.
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IIRC the Intel graphics won't play some games, whereas the nVidia TNT2
based cards don't have nearly as many problems.
 
I'm going to build my next system around an Intel 865GBF motherboard. How
does the onboard sound compare to a Sound Blaster Live card? The same
question about the video compared to a TNT2 64 card? If they are close I'm
going to leave them in my old system Athlon XP 1700 system that my son will
inherit.
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I probably shouldn't respond at all, since I'm in a uncomprehending
mood... ;-)

But what are you looking for? Why are you at all interested in
performance if you're considering TNT2 and onboard?

By all means keep the TNT2. It should be better since it has its own
memory, but I don't really know. I did see a comparative testing of
ultrabudget cards vs onboard, some while ago. And as I remember it,
onboard didn't cut it at all.

Your son is better served with a more modern graphics card. Get hold
of an old secondhand GF3 Ti200 or ATI8500 and that XP1700 will be
kickass. Even better, fix him up with a ATI9600 (nonSE/nonPro) for
$100+ and it should run all, even modern, games comfortably.
Cheaper alternatives are FX5200 and ATI9200, but frankly, I consider
anything below 9600 as too little video for a XP1700.


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But what are you looking for? Why are you at all interested in
performance if you're considering TNT2 and onboard?

By all means keep the TNT2. It should be better since it has its own
memory, but I don't really know. I did see a comparative testing of
ultrabudget cards vs onboard, some while ago. And as I remember it,
onboard didn't cut it at all.

Your son is better served with a more modern graphics card. Get hold
of an old secondhand GF3 Ti200 or ATI8500 and that XP1700 will be
kickass. Even better, fix him up with a ATI9600 (nonSE/nonPro) for
$100+ and it should run all, even modern, games comfortably.
Cheaper alternatives are FX5200 and ATI9200, but frankly, I consider
anything below 9600 as too little video for a XP1700.
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This is well said. You can find bargains out there everyday at CompUSA,
BestBuy, CircuitCity, or whatever. My brother bought an ATi Radeon 9600 for
$59! It's not the fastest thing out there, but it beats the pants off both
a TNT2 and Intel Xtreme Graphics.

The SE model, I believe, is lower than a regular 9600, BTW. I'd look into
one, personally.

With that said, a friend of mine bought a new Gateway computer with built-in
Intel Xtreme graphics and it plays games pretty decently, as long as the
resolution is low. We both enjoy Madden 2004 and my system runs it nicely
at 1280x960 and animation is smooth, whereas he's limited to 800x600 for
any decent framerate.


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