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meh, i have an old Radeon 7500 in my comp. runs abandonware games fine. the most recent year games it can handle are the ones made in the 2004-2005 era. thats as high as it can handle...
and, considering my integrated card couldn't run Halo, and this one can... i'd say no to the integrated one. |
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14-04-2008, 09:25 PM | #32 | ||
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lol, think u guys are a bit out of touch!
my son's computer was fine for old games before I u/g the graphics card and the only reason i upgraded that was becuase I accidentally bought a PCI graphics card and mine is AGP . newer intergrated graphics is fine for older stuff and when you get a game that needs it THEN you can u/g the graphics for £35 - £40 ( or £65 for some newer ones ), the longer you leave it it will only get cheaper after all. hey, chances are most kids now have an xbox / ps3 etc anyway that they game on mainly so pc will probably only be used for older games |
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15-04-2008, 12:03 AM | #33 | ||
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If you were paying attention, you'd notice that we never said you need a graphic card for vintage gaming...
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15-04-2008, 08:54 AM | #34 | ||
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you actually do need a graphic card to see anything on your monitor, lol
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15-04-2008, 11:18 AM | #35 | ||
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Monitor? He said vintage gaming. I don't remember having to use a graphics card for playing ludo or yatzee...
Hooooo-kay... I think the thing is you don't need anything even remotely spectacular to play those really old ones. Pretty much anything that generates graphics will do. http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/07/o...-mame-machine/ Q.E.D.
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16-04-2008, 12:04 AM | #37 | ||
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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 |
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17-04-2008, 06:00 AM | #39 | ||
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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
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17-04-2008, 09:58 AM | #40 | ||
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Yes, I think I covered that too.
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