Graphics cards. A dumb and simple question for you

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-06-10 10:34pm

What is better, an old Radeon 9600 XT card

or this?

http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm

I know the Radeon card is older, but which is better?

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-06-10 10:36pm

The 9600XT probably performs slightly better, but both chips are so old I'd stay far away from both.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-06-10 10:41pm

I am helping a friend update his PC's software. His Gateway has that integrated card in the motherboard, but I also just found my old Radeon card. Since I don't use it, I was just wondering if I should stick that Radeon card in there.

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-06-10 10:44pm

Superman wrote:I am helping a friend update his PC's software. His Gateway has that integrated card in the motherboard, but I also just found my old Radeon card. Since I don't use it, I was just wondering if I should stick that Radeon card in there.

I'd say stick it in and just maybe you will get better performance.

The 9600XT has better performance than entry level parts like x300 so you might get some juice out of it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2008-06-10 11:23pm

The 9600XT should be significantly faster.

Seggybop · Post by **Seggybop** » 2008-06-10 11:30pm

Yes, not only is GMA950 much slower in general, but it's missing support for newer rendering features that even the old 9600 has.

Ohma · Post by **Ohma** » 2008-06-11 12:46am

Seggybop wrote:Yes, not only is GMA950 much slower in general, but it's missing support for newer rendering features that even the old 9600 has.

Heck, one of my friends has trouble running Diablo 2 at 800x600 on her comp. which uses a GMA 950.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-06-11 02:44am

Hmmm... Cant seem to get it into the slot. Is there a compatibility issue maybe?

Resinence · Post by **Resinence** » 2008-06-11 02:57am

That card is most likely AGP, how old is the machine, are you sure it's not a PCI-E slot?

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Big black one is PCIe, brown one is AGP.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2008-06-11 03:03am

Aren't the different AGP voltages on physically different slots, to prevent over-volting? /

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2008-06-11 03:13am

Yeah, it's not an AGP slot. Damn. Oh well.

Thanks for the help, guys.