On Board Graphics Or Get A Pci Express Card? Now Updated

[BigIan]

We`re off to dell for a new PC and i`ve heard mixed reviews of the on board graphics.
it comes with Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics

but i`m tempted to upgrade it to something like a 256 MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 PCI Express
unless any one can suggest anything else i`m not really wanting to pay a huge ammount for one 40- 50 squid
and woud either of these work with a 22 inch monitor?

any help greatly apreciated.

other comp stats are:

PROCESSOR AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium - English
MONITOR Dellâ„¢ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish edit
MEMORY 1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
HARD DRIVE 250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurstâ„¢ cach
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive

 

[demonmagus]

obvious question, what do you want it for?

 

[BigIan]

erm some gaming. surfing. could quite easily use it for downloading and watching movies and tv ect (all legaly of course)

 

[demonmagus]

gaming? new or old games? sorry about the questions

 

[BigIan]

Bit of both...
i havent really bought any games for years as the new ones tend to crash or go all pixelated after half an hour of running

 

[demonmagus]

ah yes, on a 22 inch monitor that card won't be able to handle newish games

 

[BigIan]

Do you mean the GeForce or the Radeon or both?

 

[demonmagus]

both. I'm sure.

 

[BigIan]

any recommendations?

and just doing some research they games i like to play seem to mostly run off of the cpu and Ram (however that works) games like sims, rome total war and some other strategy, adventure roleplaying(don`t even think it!) type games

 

[demonmagus]

If you want to play new games on a 22 inch monitor, I would recommend one of the nvidia 8800GTX (the most expensive ) but if you maybe downgraded the screen to maybe a 19 inch - you could get away with spending £140 ish on a card such as a radeon 1950xtx. Also look into 8800GTS 320mb. Also plump for an intel core 2 duo system - worth the extra £

 

[BigIan]

naaa dude that would send me way over budget.
no way i can talk the mrs into a 150 quid graphics card.
like i said 50 quid is about the budget might be able to puch a bit but not much

 

[Miss Wiggle]

naaa dude that would send me way over budget.
no way i can talk the mrs into a 150 quid graphics card.
like i said 50 quid is about the budget might be able to puch a bit but not much

lol specially as it's me paying

so what's the minimum graphix card you'd recommend for us to play a few games like the sims and rome total war on a 22" monitor?

 

[BigIan]

Ordered our comp on tuesday...

comprisng:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
256MB Inno3D GeForce 8500GT graphics card
1 gig of ram

and compromised at a 20" acer monitor.

 

[raptorrex]

We`re off to dell for a new PC and i`ve heard mixed reviews of the on board graphics.
it comes with Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics

but i`m tempted to upgrade it to something like a 256 MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 PCI Express
unless any one can suggest anything else i`m not really wanting to pay a huge ammount for one 40- 50 squid
and woud either of these work with a 22 inch monitor?

any help greatly apreciated.

other comp stats are:

PROCESSOR AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium - English
MONITOR Dellâ„¢ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish edit
MEMORY 1024MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
HARD DRIVE 250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurstâ„¢ cach
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive

try the nvidea 7600gt pci ex card, i paid £70 for mine, though this may not be so everywhere, lol i bet its close to £150 in pcworld. indeed i had the same built in graphics as you myself. this card seems to offer the best all round performance. it makes a fair fist at may new games, and is vastly quicker then the built in one. you also get your system memory back, as the old card used that. i trawled the net and forums looking for just such a card, this one seem to be it. it is rated as the best sub £100 graphics card ATM. both gaming and computer people seem to agree. top value and a noticeable increase in performance, over the standard one. the GS version of this card goes for £50 ish, but you lose the gaming option, reducing the dvd playback possibilitys too.

incidentally i can give you the addy of the firm i bought it from, just in case you have problems getting it at a decent price

 

[BigIan]

cheers bob but we went with the 256MB Inno3D GeForce 8500GT graphics card instead should do the trick nicely i hpe