marketshare shows that intel integrated graphics accelerators dominate about 70% of the market. Most OEM pc's ship with only integrated graphics processers that includes laptops and nettops.
Thats all good and well, if you aren't serious about gaming or you are new to pc's.
You don't have time to order parts?
Well i just don't feel like doing it, thats all. I rather stick to buying prebuilts, new ones anyway.
I feel your pain. Now buy something that makes sense, and preferably does not have "Celeron" in the CPU name .
There is nothing wrong with Celeron's. The one i had played games perfectly. Speed was perfect, could watch HD videos without problems, etc. Celerons are fast, and are good, who cares if its old, it gets the job done.
Also make sure to get a normal sized case and make sure the motherboard has a PCI-E x16 slot, so that normal PCI-E video cards fit inside for when you get one. Low Profile cards cost extra.
Getting a low profile only desktop is just fine, all you have to do is remove a few things and you can put any card in the desktop. With that celeron i had, it only allowed Low profiles cards, so i remove the blue piece , and i could use any card in it.
But i will take your advice and try to find a rig that is the normal size, so i won't have to worry about removing anything. As for PCIE, i am not into it right now. One thing i did learn when using that Celeron at 3.0GHZ, is that using PCI cards is not a problem and they do not bottleneck your computer. Igain about a 50% performance boost in games using the 2400HD and 8400gs on that computer. So for people who says PCI cards are slow, thats a lie. In this one game, called alpha prime, on my P3 i get around 10-20fps at medium to high settings at 1280x1024, on that celeron on 1280x1024 high settings, i get 40-75fps.
There is nothing wrong with PCI cards. Another game, called Shade wrath on my p3, 20-30, on the celeron 80-200fps. So it really depends on your setup and its really about someone's personal views.
U2K for heaven and Hells sake please don't buy a slimline pc that can only use low profile cards, and has sh*t ventilation, I mean for buy something else or make it yourself and get more performance for your money, I have seen even 10 year olds on this site make pc's, why don't you want to do it.
That acer is on hold, i am going out looking around tomorrow, and i will buy " something " in the next few days. I may end up getting something else who knows. All i know i am going to buy something soon, because i have my P3 with XP pro, hook up, which i am using now, everything is running good, but man, this rig is slow as nails compared to that celeron
And dude, all because everyone in the world is building pc's, doesn't mean i have to do it. They make prebuilt pc's, well i am going to support them and buy it. Whats the big deal?
just curious.... why don't you use AMD?
I have been using Intel since 2000, don't have any plans to change over to AMD.
