Re: Dedicated vs. Integrated Video

journey wrote:

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:27:08 -0700, Notan
<notan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One of the nice things about a video card is that you can always swap
it out for something better.

Notan

I was wondering about that, mainly that if I had gone with the
integrated video whether I could have added dedicated video later.

I doubt that I'll need more than the dedicated video that I added. I
do run some pretty big monitors (2405FPW and 2001FP) so having good
dedicated video may have some advantages for that.

In any case, I can sleep a little easier not having to wonder if I
should have gotten it, and that I will have essentially more RAM for
applications and the system.

Good question!

I've heard of integrated video that can be disabled in the BIOS, disabled
by means of a motherboard jumper, and some that can be disabled simply by
plugging in a video card.

As far as Dells go, I don't have a clue.

Anyone?

Mr. Bueller? Mr. Bueller?

Notan
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