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[jg007]

Originally Posted by Eagle of Fire

If you were paying attention, you'd notice that we never said you need a graphic card for vintage gaming...

I didn't mention ' Vintage ' , I am just talking about games 2-3 years old

[Eagle of Fire]

you actually do need a graphic card to see anything on your monitor, lol

Wrong. Dead wrong.

I didn't mention ' Vintage ' , I am just talking about games 2-3 years old

If you want to play games with full details and acceleration, you won't have much of a choice if the game is graphically heavy. The first post of this thread mentioned it was for a gamer who wish to play future release as well, so there wasn't really a question on the subject...

[jg007]

Originally Posted by Eagle of Fire

Wrong. Dead wrong.


If you want to play games with full details and acceleration, you won't have much of a choice if the game is graphically heavy. The first post of this thread mentioned it was for a gamer who wish to play future release as well, so there wasn't really a question on the subject...

hmm, I read - ' He will use it mostly to play games like warcraft 3, games like the ones at abandonia, watch some videos, movies, home work, etc (nothing very different than a home's computer) '

and from Wiki -


Recommended:
600 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM, 32 MB 3D video card, DirectX® 8.1 compatible sound card (Windows)

looks to me like intergrated will do fine

[_r.u.s.s.]

Originally Posted by Eagle of Fire

Wrong. Dead wrong.

um, you realy need a graphic adapter to see anything on your monitor. you think there's a little hobbit which translates cpu instructions to monitor controller or what?

mm: you could have in-built graphic adapter

[Mighty Midget]

Yes, I think I covered that too.

[Kugerfang]

Wikipedia (If it's correct.) - A video card, also referred to as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter, graphics card, and numerous other terms, is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. It operates on similar principles as a sound card or other peripheral devices.

Meaning, yes, you need a graphics card to see things on your monitor.

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by Kugerfang

Meaning, yes, you need a graphics card to see things on your monitor.

[Nitpicking mood]
You need a graphic chip would be more appropiate, the first ones didn't had a 'graphic card'.
[/nitpicking mood]

[The Fifth Horseman]

Don't blame the kid. It was way back before my time... let alone his :P

[_r.u.s.s.]

Originally Posted by dosraider

[Nitpicking mood]
You need a graphic chip would be more appropiate, the first ones didn't had a 'graphic card'.
[/nitpicking mood]

[nit lame]
the chip is never standalone itself, it always comes along with it's own translator for instructions set for normal assembler, so it's always some kind of set of stuffies on a bus, call it graphic adapter or graphic card or GPU (let it be geeforce 4 or your motherboard), otherwise it wouldn't be able to communicate with other hardware
[/nit lame]

btw yeah shared mem sucks, i can tell