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Author Topic: Should I put an older video card in my new PC?  (Read 1093 times)

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Should I put an older video card in my new PC?
« on: March 04, 2013, 12:12:14 pm »
ACK - disregard- it's an AGP card. 

I just built a new main computer for the house.  previously it was mainly a server for video sharing, printers plugged into it and shared, etc.  the new one is nicer and I will be using it more as my main desktop pc.  work, cad, sketchup, photo processing, maybe a few older pc games. 

it is an intel I3 2100, Asrock mobo, 8 gb ram, ssd, and I'm using the onboard intel video currently.  I have an ATI radeon hd 3850 512mb video card that has to be 7-8 years old laying around. 

Is this card better than the intel onboard video?  Any pitfalls to using this older card on a new mobo?
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Re: Should I put an older video card in my new PC?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 12:57:13 pm »
Why don't you check benchmarks at Toms Hardware?

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphics-cards,1.html

I think the current video card is faster. IMHO

Download Sandra is a benchmark tool and do both tests, with video card and WO.

Ohhh... AGP :S well

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Re: Should I put an older video card in my new PC?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2013, 04:33:43 pm »
I would use the old video card. On board video cards, use system ram for video ram, and the access to that ram is much much slower then a dedicated video card can access it's own ram.

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Re: Should I put an older video card in my new PC?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 05:10:42 pm »
Yeah stick the ATI in there, besides it is better in a case than out.

The Internal is an Intel HD 3/4000?

If so you would probably get the same performance but the option of having a second monitor, especially if you want to play Punchout!.
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Re: Should I put an older video card in my new PC?
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2013, 08:20:40 pm »
There are online resources that talk about such things. You're going to get the most and accurate information there.
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Re: Should I put an older video card in my new PC?
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2013, 08:39:39 am »
They don't do much when you're talking 5 y/o gpu v/s new onboard.  Besides, turned out to be a moot point because it's an AGP card.