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Integrated 3D Graphics Motherboard Round-Up

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-my-3d-pc dept.

Keefe writes "In the recent past, integrated video was seldom a viable solution for hardcore computer gamers. Enthusiasts shunned from motherboards with integrated video, and opted to buy ones without it, in additional to a much faster ATi or Nvidia-powered graphics accelerator. Today, the picture is beginning to change. The last few integrated motherboards sported decent graphics chipsets, like the Nvidia NForce (GeForce2 MX), ATI IGP320 (Radeon VE), or Intel 845G. Techware Labs has taken a look at the current integrated 3D video chipsets on the market and concluded how they perform in the latest 3D software."

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  1. postgresopengl by j1mmy · · Score: 5, Funny

    The motherboard in our DB machine at work has an ATI Rage chip integrated. Especially useful for rendering our logs in 3D. It doesn't support vertex shaders, though, so the lighting on the timestamps is kind of shoddy.

  2. Re:Uhh... by epukinsk · · Score: 5, Funny

    These motherboards are trying to fill a niche that doesn't exist.

    You mean the OEMs-looking-for-cheap-marketable-components market?

    Yeah, that market never existed, never will. What are these guys thinking?

    Erik