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As long as I'm asking about video cards...
I haven't been keeping up. (blush)

When I got my last card, the video adapters built into motherboards used memory that otherwise would be available for processing, so having a card with its own RAM improved performance. The other day, somebody told me it's no longer a problem & built-in video is a good buy.

Of course, there's still the issue of being stuck with whatever video is built into in the main board. And if either the mainboard or the video gets fried, it's necessary to replace both. Also if there's an advance in one area, both would have to upgraded.

Any opinions?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't have an opinion yet
my wife's not home.
But you were sliding out of view,
so.......
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A seperate card is always the way to go for serious graphics use. For regular use, such as surfing, e-mail and maybe office software, an on-board will do fine. When it comes to gaming and similar, a seperate card will have it's own onboard memory and GPU, which takes the load off the motherboard, meaning it doesn't have to overwork itself and cost you performance as a side-effect.
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Repeat SWH's and 122385's comments.

A separate video card is one of the best things you can do to speed up your system regardless of whether you game or not. Any load taken off the CPU and system memory is that much more that can be used for other processsing.