Tr1cK
07-03-07, 02:13 PM
My work PC is an Athlon 64 AM2 2.4ghz (single core) with integrated Radeon 1150 graphics. It has 1gb DDR2 that is shared with the GPU. I think I can allocate how much of it goes to graphics. It has a PCIE slot and 2 PCI slots. I also have a free Radeon 9200 128mb PCI card. It is showing up as an LE model, but has a 250mhz core and 200mhz DDR ram. I do not think it is a crippled 64bit memory card, but it is on the PCI bus.
The 1150 is supposedly a 2 pipe GPU running at 400mhz and sharing the systems RAM which would be say 128mb @ 667mhz. The 9200 is 4 pipes @ 250mhz and 128mb RAM @ 200. I'm leaning towards the integrated solution being better because of the RAM speed and newer shader model (2.0 vs 1.4).
I do play some games at lower resolutions when I have free time here. I do not wish to spend money on a PC that's not mine, so the free 9200 is a decent deal. Which would you guys use?
The 1150 is supposedly a 2 pipe GPU running at 400mhz and sharing the systems RAM which would be say 128mb @ 667mhz. The 9200 is 4 pipes @ 250mhz and 128mb RAM @ 200. I'm leaning towards the integrated solution being better because of the RAM speed and newer shader model (2.0 vs 1.4).
I do play some games at lower resolutions when I have free time here. I do not wish to spend money on a PC that's not mine, so the free 9200 is a decent deal. Which would you guys use?