| MegaDave said: Where are you getting the fillrate figure for the 7050? wikipedia gives it as 850MT/s which isn't incredible seeing as its comparable to a geforce 2 but its just about enough for some gaming. After playing Half life 2 on both a geforce 2 when it first came out and an integrated ati x200 a couple of years ago its certainly possible to enjoy relativly modern (2004?)games on lower settings with this kind of hardware. Um, yeah, I accidentally used the vertex fillrate for the 7050. I've removed the figures. Still, a cheap discrete card would get a huge speed increase. Overall I agree with you that it would be the best option to get a new graphics card if at all possible but to make out that no gaming at all is possible seems a little harsh. Yes; if The Sims 2 is the most intensive game he plays (it appears so) then the integrated will do. As for your comment that he was ripped off i cant see that he even said how much he paid for this pc... It doesn't matter. Assuming it was at least $350 (essentially the minimum possible cost of a desktop PC no matter how old the components are), there are better options at that price due to die-shrinks since. Even AMD's cheapest integrated graphics motherboard (based on the HD34xx series) and cheapest dual-core chip would be better than that. I'd say the same for Intel but their integrated graphics don't even match the 7050. |
