Shared as apposed to dedicated?

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pilotace001

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how does the shared video compare to dedicated?

ex: got IM Xpress @ 128 mb shared Vs. go5200 32mb dedicated

how will they compare?

thanks for the info.
 
The idea is that the shared card will use up to 128 megs of system ram to serve as video ram, while the dedicated card has 32 megs of ram to itself i.e. it doesn't utilize system ram. The upside to dedicated ram is that its much faster than shared system ram, and also won't steal potential resources from programs on your computer. The downside is that you are limited to those 32 megs, and can not command more, wheras the shared card will use system ram up to 128 megs as it sees fit.
 
In DirectX 8.1 and earlier games, the go 5200 will probably be faster. In DX9 games, the Xpress 200M will probably be faster.

Neither of the 2 video options is very fast. If the ze2000 has a S754 processor, the IGP has a 64-bit shared memory bus with the CPU. The go 5200 has it's biggest problem with the local memory size, which won't even play on some games that need a minimum of 64MB.

You don't mention in either thread what other games you want to play (Warcraft 3 and Morrowind have light requirements and you know how they play). That would help. It's possible that the games you want to play won't even play minimally well on either. :p
 
well, in this case Warcraft 3 /morrowind would probably be the most graphically "advanced" games, oh and something like hitman 2 maybe.
these are laptops, so I don't expect too much.

would 3d mark (01, or 03) be a good way to test the cards/ overall performance?

(ocne I get rid of one, I can get the pci-e for my main rig (see sig) )
 
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