What to get...? - Page 2

**carsey** · 01-03-2008, 04:58 PM

Do you not loose any RAM with that option though?

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 01-03-2008, 05:05 PM

Like 64-256mb ram, you dont have to get rid of the video card if you do not want to it has a pci express slot so you can use the video card selected before

**TheMatt** · 01-03-2008, 05:27 PM

That board's onboard video does actually support DX10 and should do older games like CS:CZ and similar with good performance. You will have HDMI out and don't have to worry about another heat source. I would stick with the onboard since you didn't put down you would need it for games. It will do anything in 2D just fine.

**carsey** · 01-03-2008, 06:05 PM

Would that still be able to handle a large screen TV?

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 01-03-2008, 09:18 PM

Yes it will

**carsey** · 01-06-2008, 08:44 AM

Will this method also be ok for the odd DVD we want to watch? Which was why I included the DVD writer.

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 01-06-2008, 09:10 AM

The computer will be able to handle it but you will probably need to download some sort of codec pack

**carsey** · 01-06-2008, 09:11 AM

Thats no problem. Thanks for the advice

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