That is because anything on board uses the ram as its ram sound or video. If it has its own ram. then system ram is yours to run in and everything runs much faster. At 11:51 AM 9/24/2009, you wrote: >Hi Geoff, >Because this has been demonstrated to me twice on 2 different systems. >In both situations, there was a marked decrease of performance when using >the onboard adapter compared to using a PCI or PCI-E card. >Martin > > > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:31:24 +1000 > > From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ReplyTo: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Current video card recommendation > > > > how have you come to the oppinion/view, that a video card with heaps of > > ram, will effect your performance so markedly martin? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Martin Courcelles" <martinfc@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:58 PM > > Subject: [jawsscripts] Current video card recommendation > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > I'm thinking of attempting another video card transplant. Before i do > > that, > > > any brand recommendations? I'd like something in the rand of 512 meg > > to 1024 > > > megs of on board ram. it's amazing at how a video card will affect > > your > computer speed. > > > Cheers, > > > martin > > > > > > > > > __________ > > > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository > > http://jawsscripts.com > > > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > > > > > __________ > > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository > > http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > >__________ >Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > >View the list's information and change your settings at >//www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts Tim trouble Verizon FIOS support tech "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." --Sam Brown Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: //www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts