AGP on DDR2 Mainboards etc.
 

Hello

I am planning to buy a new computer system and trying to find an optimal combination of different hardware components.

Of course it should be quite fast for LL LLR and PRP tests, so it should be a P4 system with a fast memory bandwith. Here DDR2 might be the right choice.
The graphics is not important (an average card is fast enough for everyday use and i do not play games often). So it should be cheap and must not have a fan (noise).

Now I noticed that there are almost no mainboards around which have a AGP slot and DDR2 memory. Is that correct or do I miss something?
PCI (expess) cards are available but they are quite more expensive.

A graphic card on the mainboard is also an option, but i still remember that they reduced the calculation speed of the computer because they share the main memory.
Is that still the case in newer mainboards or do the internal graphiccards now have their own memory.
How does the situation look like in the energy save mode (no graphic active)?

What are your experiences?
Is there someone who can recommend a good combination?

Reto

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get a pci video card fans on videocards that are older dont make that much noise.

I don't need a so fast card that a fan is necessary.

Does someone of you have a mainboard with integrated graphiccard with own memory? How is the impact on the performance there? Is it more like an external graphiccard or mainboardgraphiccard without memory?

actually i would susgest you get some card may i susgest a radon 9000 if you can find one of the saphire ones because i have one and i do watch videos its a rather good card on the old side but if you really must have a passively cooled one this would be the one to use.