HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD VGA

Some of this week again nge-game craze in the house, nothing. Just simply remove saturated after working overtime for days in office. Well, pas pengen great game needs a good image detail, it can not monitor out pictures at all. Inquired had inquired, was beyond the minimum VGA specifikasi requested porgram game. Weleh ..! Search-look for a cheap vga. Browsing the net, eh there was a way of studies to choose the appropriate vga card with our PCs.

Happened to stop by and can www.forum.kompas.com fairly satisfactory explanation, the following article excerpt:

VGA (Video Graphics Accelerator) card is one of the computer components yg absolute must have. Graphic data processing functions unt displayed on the screen. Actually VGA card is one unit of "mini computer" because this component has a processor (called a GPU Graphics Processing Unit aka) and requires memory, too.

Krn called VGA card is indeed shaped components such as reply cards in the "step on" right on the motherboard (mobo) through a special slot unt wrote it. Krn VGA card has a processor heat effuse in operation, then there must be a cooling device, can be a metal with fins ² ² conductor of heat pipes (heatpipe) or a cooling fan (Heat Sink Fan / HSF).

Not infrequently this VGA card is integrated into one with the motherboard, or call VGA Onboard (OB). Motherboard with VGA OB course ill longer needs additional VGA card, except when it VGA OB feels "less sophisticated", still can put additional VGA card (add-on).

OB vs. VGA VGA add-on
Inevitably we have to compare these 2 kinds of VGA. Which option should we take the reply will depend on our needs or the primary use of the computer itself.

Here are a few points compared to the benefits of OB VGA VGA add-on:

* OB already integrated VGA with non mobonya so sure will happen mismatch problem between the motherboard and VGA. Although this discrepancy cases are rare, but sometimes also on the bbrp type and brand of the motherboard with VGA-type and a particular brand.
* Prices motherboard with VGA OB almost the same, or unt bbrp type / brand, lbh even cheaper than without VGA motherboard. So we have virtually VGA "free". This could be a solution to the economic yg yg limited budget.

But that does not mean non-VGA OB has shortcomings when compared with add-on VGA. Here are a few of them:

* VGA OB did not have their own memory (but now the motherboard manufacturers bbrp sdh ada yg adding a separate memory or special memory unt sideport VGA OB). He hrs sharing (share) with memory (RAM) installed on the motherboard reply. The result will be less RAM capacity. On systems with limited RAM, this is not affecting the overall computer performance.
* Performance VGA OB lbh relatively low compared to VGA add-on. Please liver mi interpret this statement. OB VGA performance was not bad, but the ability of course rather limited, especially unt ² yg applications require high-performance VGA reply, for example playing the latest 3D games. But compared with the add-on VGA lower class, virtually VGA OB are still able to keep even mengunggulinya.
* Mobo VGA dgn lbh OB usually smaller in size compared bbrp centimeters without VGA motherboard. The size of this small yg lbh called microATX (mATX). This is intended to cut the cost of manufacture unt (krn motherboard with VGA OB berbudget intended unt lower class). Consequently, the number of expansion slots (slot ² unt additional components such as internal modem, internal TV tuner, etc.) are also lbh less than the motherboard without VGA. But there are also bbrp brand motherboard with VGA OB propertied size "normal" (ATX), although very rare.

ATI vs NVidia
If the processor market dominated by the 2 giant Intel & AMD, the VGA market is also dominated by 2 major players, ATI & NVidia. ATI bbrp coincidence of time-by had been acquired by AMD. In general, the performance of artificial VGA ATI and NVidia quite balanced in the same class. The price was relatively comparable. ² Each has advantages and disadvantages.

Until today, ATI is still superior in aspects lbh Image Quality (IQ or picture quality) is NVidia lbh superior 3D performance frame rates (speed frames per second performance). Once again please heart this statement interpreted mi. Not that ATI's 3D performance was bad or vice versa IQnya NVidia bad. Unt play 3D games, the ATI can be used favorably as well. Similarly, NVidia still looks fit enough to watch DVDs unt High Definition.

And from time to time, each manufacturer will attempt ² overcome the shortcomings of a non-SHG longer, we can see both balanced in every aspect. Until that happens, it's good if the computer is widely used graphics design unt or watching movies, ATI VGA card is yg lbh good choice, but if the computer is used unt many 3D games, let alone the new, could be NVidia VGA yg lbh fitting choice.

Tips on choosing the add-on VGA true-to

The first factor yg hrs notice is kind of the same slot with slot hrs imaginable on the motherboard. There are 2 types of slot unt VGA, AGP and PCI-Express (PCI-E). Type AGP slot is very rarely found on the motherboard for the latest output. These types are widely used by the motherboard yg sdh rather "excuse". Today, most of the motherboard uses PCI-E slot.

Another factor is the characteristics of his or VGA specification. Yg 3 things to note from the specification is VGA memory capacity, type of memory and communication bandwidth (buswidth). For example there are VGA with 256 MB DDR3 specification of 128 bits. 256 MB VGA memory size means they will be, this effect in the high-resolution lbh can reply was supported by the VGA. When to use a large monitor (yg of course, too high resolution) then the memory capacity is also VGAnya large lbh hrs. DDR3 memory is a type of reply referring to the speed of access. DDR3 lbh relatively rapid course access when compared to DDR2. 128 bits is the width of the track, the wider track, the more data can reply through at one time. Equal proverbial gate toll road, the more the more gates yg car pass, the shorter the line, the sooner arrived at the destination.

Of course ill be forgotten is his own GPU type. Just as the processor, the GPU also has speed (core clock) yg MHz measured with the unit. In fact, just such a processor, even now there is the GPU sdh yg lbh memilili of 1 core. We will discuss non too technical about this GPU. GPU essentially new generation perfromanya yg lbh lbh also good compared to long-generation (origin memorynya comparable specifications).

Other factors also wrote hrs notice is the output port. There-come-D-Sub (port commonly used in CRT monitors), no reply DVI (usually for bbrp type LCD monitor) and even wrote an HDMI (unt High Definition LCD monitor). Often there are S-Video port, which is a round port to be connected with TV sets as monitors functioned reply. In bbrp type even VGA ada yg lbh sdh support from the 1 monitor.

Yg ² features supported by the VGA also need to be considered. For example features an eye support DirectX (DX) a particular version. This hrs compatible with the operating system or applications that will be used to display images perfect lbh. The latest version of DirectX is DX10. If you use the Windows Vista operating system, choose the VGA yg sdh support DX10. Generally, the latest generation sdh VGA support DX10