onboard gfx question

[soulafien]

which is the bettr onboard grfx solution

needed to play nwn2 and battlefield 2142

currently play both on a 7600gs 256 agp card

Asus M2A-VM AMD 690G Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/Radeon X1250 Graphic,GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio

or

Asus M3A78-EMH/HDMI AMD 780G Chipset DDR2/800 SATA PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio

or is there a similar priced onboard solution as i need to build a comp to play these games(especially neverwinter nights 2)(resource hog) and not a lot of money.

just bought a house.

 

[veg1992]

780g is definitely better, you should check the reviews on the HD 3200 GPU (its what the 780g uses, I'm going to be using it for my new build)

EDIT: AMD's New 780G Chipset Has Powerful GPU : AMD's New 780G Chipset - Tom's Hardware

They even managed to overclock to 950MHZ on the Core

 

[Luke]

^yep, a 780g mobo has the best onboard graphics.

 

[Shumway]

Even though the 780G is the best on board out at the moment i still think it won't play those games.

If it does it will probably be on the lowest settings and still lag.

 

[Luke]

well nwn2 is not a graphical demanding game...much more more cpu. Im not sure about 2142 though

 

[veg1992]

If you have a case fan over the onboard GPU you could overclock it pretty easily and its really overclockable

 

[Puddle Jumper]

My brother plays 2142 and can max it out at 1280x800 no aa with good fps on a HD2600XT 512mb but that card is allot better than a HD3200. Based off the comparison of the 2600xt to the 3200 it should be able to play it but it will probably be on medium or low settings.

 

[soulafien]

so in essence my 3.0 celeron with my 7600gs agp is still better than that solution?

perhaps i should just buy a p4 3.0 instead if that would make a big difference
and swap out the celeron.

i guess the real question is .....is the 780g igp going to be better than my 7600gs256 agp?

 

[Luke]

^no, probably not.

 

[soulafien]

according to the specs(if im reading them right) it is a better card(hd32oo)than my 7600 gs