On 20/06/16 08:30, Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2016-06-18 at 00:14 +0930, Tim wrote:
Does anyone have any good/bad experience with this graphics chipset:
On-motherboard AMD Radeon HD8200 R3 series
I'm keeping watch on this thread, and have seen the five replies, so
far. I can say things for and against AMD and NVidia in general,
myself. However, I'm hoping that someone might have some experience
with that specific chipset.
I did have a quick squiz at an AMD compatibility table, but that lists a
plethora of technical things I do not know about, and gives no clue
about general-use issues like: Does it run reliably? Can I run it
without tortuous configuration and special software installation.
I am not trying to do anything special (no games, etc.), just run of the
mill internet computing, and the ability to play ordinary video media,
the likes of what you may find on YouTube (which does mean some HDTV
resolutions, at full screen).
My current PC had a NVidia AGP card that went doolally. It's been the
cause of numerous crashes while watching videos. Pull the card out and
use the on-board graphics (Chrome, ugh!), and it can't even manage
medium definition TV (mid-way between SD and HD), but doesn't crash.
The sound goes out of sync, the frame rate goes down. It's even a pain
to just draw the basic windows when you open things like email.
So, trying to find a viable alternative that I can buy from local shops
(where I can take things back) is becoming a priority. Going slightly
in my favour is that Australia is always behind the rest of the world
with hardware, so what may be a new and a problem to someone overseas,
may be old and supported by the time that we can purchase it over here.
Your view are what I was thinking when I purchases an motherboard with
integrated graphics. Save some money. I have had good support with
open source drivers but using Nvidia in the past. I wasn't looking for
speed or anything fancy. Go through groups of graphics and videos when
I wanted to relax. Had almost nightly crashes with an older series of
cards.
If your card is supported on AMD's site then I feel it could be worth a
try. I personally won't purchase another mother board with on-board
video unless it is going to be a server. Same advise from the IT person
at work and a good friend of mine that runs a small resort network.
We think it is a memory issue due to the shared memory.
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