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Originally posted by Sir Goulum:
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Originally posted by john:
Make sure that compaq doesn't have an integrated video card! And be sure it has an open AGP slot or two,My last yr. compaq was a real pain to get a decent video card for it.
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Whats an AGP slot? and why not an integrated video card?[/QUOTE]AGP :Accelerated Graphics Port (Sometimes Advanced Graphics port, this is incorrect) Basicaly its a slot on the motherboard that allow incredibly fast data transfer between RAM and the GPU. The only real alternative is the general use PCI slot, and thats much slower and will limit graphics capability tremendously. AFAIK you cant have 2 though.
And you dont want integrated graphics because there always dirt cheap, use system ram instead of video ram, and can refuse to let a seperate video card work leaving you with no upgrade path. Its not a critical issue as long as you get one that will let you disable it, but for a games machine you want to avoid if possible.