Onboard vs Low end card
If a Dell desktop comes with Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X4500 as standard then how much of a benefit would one get from 256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3450 graphics card?
The PC is just an office PC, but for someone who does some basic publishing - just text mainly, not graphic design type publishing - think more books or newsletters with the odd graph being as fancy as it's likely to get.
So, is the ATI worth £40 more, or does it make very little difference as it's a low end card?
The PC is just an office PC, but for someone who does some basic publishing - just text mainly, not graphic design type publishing - think more books or newsletters with the odd graph being as fancy as it's likely to get.
So, is the ATI worth £40 more, or does it make very little difference as it's a low end card?
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If the person only has one 19" monitor and 2 GB of RAM, go with the integrated.
Perhaps consider the 4350? It adds HDMI which will offer you some future flexablity should you decide to hook it up somewhere for a presentation on a large monitor.
This way, your not only adding some performance, your also adding a potential valueable feature for future benefit.