Off topic Do you need a graphics card?

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Greg P Rozelle

Do you need a graphics card?
I have slot for agp card.

My computer has 3d graphics.

I was just wanting to know if you need a graphics card?

I tried hardware group and could not get an answer.


Greg P Rozelle
 
Your question isn't 100% clear. From what I can assume, you have integrated
graphics on your motherboard, plus an AGP slot.
How can you know if this is your situation? If you have on board video, and
an ATX motherboard, the port where your monitor plugs in will be directly on
the motherboard, not on a card plugged into the motherboard. If you have an
older AT style motherboard, you will have a port on the back of your
computer that is plugged into the motherboard with a ribbon-type cable.
If this is correct, you do not NEED a graphics card. If, however, you are
playing graphics-intensive games, you may be well served by installing a
high-end AGP graphics card and disabling the on-board video.
 
The question really is, do you want better or higher performance graphics
than that provided by your on-mainboards' graphics chipset?

If you do, then you buy a graphics card, switch off your onboard graphics in
bios and install the drivers for the new one fitted into your AGP slot!

regards, Richard
 
Greg said:
Do you need a graphics card?
I have slot for agp card.

My computer has 3d graphics.

I was just wanting to know if you need a graphics card?

I tried hardware group and could not get an answer.
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You need some kind of graphics provision. If your computer has "on board"
graphics built into the motherboard, which I think you are implying here,
then you don't need anything else to use the computer no.

If you want to play fancy games then you may find the on board graphics are
not quite up to that but one thing at a time eh?
 
Your onboard graphics share your systems' physical RAM memory. Plus,
although it is stated that you have 3d graphics, they are definitely low end
and meager by any standards. Adding a AGP card and disabling the onboard
graphics in BIOS would
1. Free up more of you existing memory for system use
2. Improve your graphics for games by a huge factor.

Simply put, the choice is yours. If you are happy with your current
graphics, there is no need to install new card. If you want better graphics
for games and to regain the system memory lost to your onboard graphics,
then upgrading would be your answer.

Bobby
 
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