Nineoniner
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Quick question here guys..
I'm improving my old 5106CL from Compaq, and it's inbuilt GPU is just crappy peaking at 20some mbps. I was told I can upgrade to a GeForce 6200, which is the most this motherboard will take.
At the moment youtube, WMP, Skype, Facebook animations, etc..etc.. are laggy. Youtube runs okay at 320p, but it lags a bit when I move the cursor. Skype videocalls are laggy, but not so much that it's choppy. WMP will sometimes cause a system lockup, forcing a restart.
A couple of people tell me all that requires CPU usage, not AGP usage, so it would be pretty much useless to get the 6200.
Other people.. including store salesmen, my cousin who is a computer technician, and a friend who is also a technician, tell me that an AGP WILL improve media performance.
I'm just looking for a solid answer before buying the video card because I don't have much money.
Thanks for your time.
I'm improving my old 5106CL from Compaq, and it's inbuilt GPU is just crappy peaking at 20some mbps. I was told I can upgrade to a GeForce 6200, which is the most this motherboard will take.
At the moment youtube, WMP, Skype, Facebook animations, etc..etc.. are laggy. Youtube runs okay at 320p, but it lags a bit when I move the cursor. Skype videocalls are laggy, but not so much that it's choppy. WMP will sometimes cause a system lockup, forcing a restart.
A couple of people tell me all that requires CPU usage, not AGP usage, so it would be pretty much useless to get the 6200.
Other people.. including store salesmen, my cousin who is a computer technician, and a friend who is also a technician, tell me that an AGP WILL improve media performance.
I'm just looking for a solid answer before buying the video card because I don't have much money.
Thanks for your time.