Intel® 810E - Intel 3D Graphics with Direct AGP

[Tom]

I am looking at buying a new PC for my \'Game-Playing\' son and it has an \"Intel® 810E - Intel 3D Graphics with Direct AGP 2D/3D - AGP 2x - Dynamic (DVMT)MB\" for the video section.  Does anyone have experience with this and is it good for games or should I look elsewhere?  The PC is an IBM - A20I PIII/1000 256 128/40 PIII - 6280-14U
Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I know this is anonymous and you don\'t have much trust in \"anonymous cowards\' but lemme say this.
the Intel 810(e) chipset was crap. Intel bombed so bad on that one that they still have not recovered even as of now. the old Intel 440BX can still out perform the newer hardly stable chipsets that  Intel has been coughing out.
Find something with a Nvidia/Ati Radeon chipset video card.
Trust me, the stability and performance (especially for games) is dismal on the 810 chipset. (as noticable on my girlfriend\'s computer which has 810E chipset, it crashes pretty regularly for no apparent reason on any operating system)

[Josetann]

I\'m assuming the motherboard is an 810 chipset, and it has built-in graphics.  I do believe there is a separate video card with the same chipset (as far as the graphics go) so it\'s a bit confusing.  Either way, you need a different video card to get much out of it.  Open up the case and see if there\'s an AGP slot (smaller than a PCI, at the very top of the slots, and a brown color).  If so, then most any card will work in your board.  If not, you\'ll need to make sure you get a PCI card instead.

The Voodoo5 5500 may be a discontinued board, but for around $100-$150, it\'s a killer video card.  Otherwise, look into getting a Radeon or a Geforce (I\'d pick the Radeon myself).

[Tom Minerd]

Sounds like another Dell Computer. the integrated graphics on most systems is not good for gaming. get a GeForce2 or 3 for gaming. And put that together with a nice DDR Athlon system. You should enjoy your gaming experience with this combination.