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I want to build a pc just for sufing the internet and doing the odd word document on ,no playing games or anything like that thats for the rig below, i was looking to buy the Asus A8R-MVPf or £35 but was wondering whether this motherboard had built in internal graphics?

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A quick google shows some reviews and they don't mention onboard video. So I'd say it hasn't.
 
thx for the info does any of you know of any other cheap motherboards with onboard graphic?

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for what socket? edit looks like 939? Could get same motherboard as me, htpc system. A8N-VM CSM. MATX with onboard Nvidia 6150.
 
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Socket939. All i want to do is just plug in a 19 inch moniter are you able to do that without onboard graphic, or do you need onboard graphics to display a picture on the mointer. sorry if i sound confused because i am
 
You need either onboard graphics or you could get a cheap mobo with a cheapass 6200 LE or something along the lines, If you ever want to watch HD movies or anything on it then I'd get a dedicated graphics card for sure and check if they can play HD. I'm not sure which can and which can't that whole HD subject confuses me when it's gone into in detail :rolleyes:
 
You need a videocard somewhere in the PC, either onboard or dedicated. That MATX board I have has onboard, you just connect DVI/VGA staright into the motherboard back panel. You can upgrade later, but if it's just for Windows there's no need.

If you ever want to watch HD movies or anything on it then I'd get a dedicated graphics card for sure and check
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Wrong. Onboard is capable enough for 1080p material. The CPU does all the work. Although dedicated means that 64/128MB isn't being deducted from system memory. I've found case temps increase with the ATI X300 PCI-E, compared to using onboard. If you do want dedicated (for a HTPC) try and get a suitably low end card that runs cool. ATI X300 heatsink gets quite hot, not too sure of Nvidia 7300GS line.
 
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You need a videocard somewhere in the PC, either onboard or dedicated. That MATX board I have has onboard, you just connect DVI/VGA staright into the motherboard back panel. You can upgrade later, but if it's just for Windows there's no need.



Wrong. Onboard is capable enough for 1080p material. The CPU does all the work. Although dedicated means that 64/128MB isn't being deducted from system memory. I've found case temps increase with the ATI X300 PCI-E, compared to using onboard. If you do want dedicated (for a HTPC) try and get a suitably low end card that runs cool. ATI X300 heatsink gets quite hot, not too sure of Nvidia 7300GS line.
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According to your sig, you have the same board as the OP was asking about. So does it have onboard gfx?
 
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According to your sig, you have the same board as the OP was asking about. So does it have onboard gfx?
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No I don't have the same board, mines the Deluxe. Either way my board and the earlier version don't have onboard.
 
Are you sure that onboard graphics can decode from a HD source such as a HD-DVD player or Blu-Ray player? I was led to believe that a lot of the decoding work for these is done on the graphics card. Or atleast it needs some HDCP connector or something. Like I said I have limited understanding of this.
 
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Are you sure that onboard graphics can decode from a HD source such as a HD-DVD player or Blu-Ray player? I was led to believe that a lot of the decoding work for these is done on the graphics card. Or atleast it needs some HDCP connector or something. Like I said I have limited understanding of this.
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I don't have those sources, but afaik decoding is done by CPU not the videocard. Reason why you need dual core 2ghz, and not 1ghz single core...with videocard doing the rest.

I've yet to see "benchmarks" with video playback, testing onboard/mid/high end. I have ability to use a X1900XT and compare against onboard, but only file I have with % CPU usage (95% on my single core 3700+) is Pirates of The Carribean H264 trailer. It's not 1920x1080 though
 
I believe there is a special HD connector (HDCP I think) that only some cards have that goes directly between your HD drive and your graphics card. That's not the same as playing HD movies already on your harddrive. Not only is the data passed through that connection but also the licensing system so that only licensed products and HD devices will play. I read the wikipedia on HDCP a few days ago but I didn't come away much more enlightened then I already was :rolleyes:

For example I'm getting a 7900GS from the mm and it has a HDCP connector. Only the leadtek and EVGA 7900GS cards have that connector as it doesn't come as standard. I doubt I'll ever use it but if you ever do want to use a HD drive I think you'll need a card with one. Of course please correct me if I've taken that up completely wrong! :)
 
A HDMI output is just a combined audio & video signal. HDMI allows copy protection (HDCP) so when blu-ray/HD-DVD comes out you must have this for your monitor to receive a signal (unless you strip HDCP from the source) Most likely I will have to do the latter (don't care if it's illegal, if I buy a movie I can't play it) I'm not going to buy a new videocard or monitor. :rolleyes: Unless the studio is willing to give me a replacement monitor & videocard.

HDCP screws over customers who have already bought hardware that's incompatible with it.
 
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A HDMI output is just a combined audio & video signal. HDMI allows copy protection (HDCP) so when blu-ray/HD-DVD comes out you must have this for your monitor to receive a signal (unless you strip HDCP from the source) Most likely I will have to do the latter (don't care if it's illegal, if I buy a movie I can't play it) I'm not going to buy a new videocard or monitor. :rolleyes: Unless the studio is willing to give me a replacement monitor & videocard.

HDCP screws over customers who have already bought hardware that's incompatible with it.
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I think the whole idea of HDCP is to stop you stripping it from the source. Have a read up on it on wikipedia. Keys being sent from source to reciever and back to source before the source starts to send data to the reciever. There are ways to get around that but so far they are limited to high profile college projects.
 
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