ASUS A8R-MVP or A8N-VM CSM or Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9?

[Caveat Emptor]

Building a home PC on a small budget. I am not a gamer, and only need
basic video capabilities.

1. Trying to choose between ATI Xpress 200 based versus NViDIA GeForce
6150 boards. :
ASUS A8R-MVP or A8N-VM CSM or Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9?

Which one is better? The ASUS A8R-MVP is pricier than the other two by
about $40

2. Should I go for an integrated graphics board, or buy a separate card
for $ 50?

Thanks

 

[John.Isaacks]

you are comparing apples to oranges here.

the A8R-MVP is a crossfire motherboard, which is supposed to take two
PCI-E crossfire video cards.
You don't need two video cards unless you are a serious gamer with a
wide screen monitor, like the DELL 20" or 24" , or an Apple 20" or 24"
monitor, and you are running these games in the highest resolution of
the monitors.
The crossfire video cards are not cheap either, $400->$650 depending on
the make & model.

an on-board video is almost never a good thing for any type of gamer,
but if you are only web browsing, or doing MS-Office, then an on-board
video is fine, save the money.