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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: bayern on February 10, 2007, 05:40:54 AM

Title: PCChips P23G & Celeron D 356 OEM
Post by: bayern on February 10, 2007, 05:40:54 AM

Hi,

I want to upgrade my PC to this mobo. I like this mobo because it's on sale and it allows me to use the RAM and the IDE harddrives I already have and it leaves me the path to upgrade to core 2 in the future if I ever need it. But the problem is I can't find info about the onboard video. I need to know what resolution it supports. I check everywhere, even PCChip's website doesn't mention anything about it, I am wondering if someone here who knows this mobo can tell me about it.

Thanks.

B.

Title: Re: PCChips P23G & Celeron D 356 OEM
Post by: honvetops on February 10, 2007, 06:18:16 AM

[highlight]S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP [/highlight]    <<<  it's real easy to do a little "hunting" on the mobo witha google search, I opened right up to newegg.com's  review section for this and the specifications for this mobo...  Give a little effort next time... good luck  

you can read all the reviews from people who bought this item over there.... ;)

Title: Re: PCChips P23G & Celeron D 356 OEM
Post by: bayern on February 10, 2007, 03:39:20 PM

Go to Newegg.com, search for PCChips P23G & Celeron D 356 OEM, tell me where in the spec mention anything about the video resolution.

As I said before, I did the search and found nothing. Otherwise I wouldn't have post the question here.

B.

Title: Re: PCChips P23G & Celeron D 356 OEM
Post by: GX1_Man on February 10, 2007, 08:44:15 PM

Onboard graphics will get you at least 1024 x 768. I can't imagine a need for higher resolution with onboard graphics. It will never be a gaming machine with onboard video. What were you planning on doing with the machine?

Title: Re: PCChips P23G & Celeron D 356 OEM
Post by: bayern on February 11, 2007, 12:21:49 PM

Thanks GX1_man

My PC is a dual monitor system. Right now I have a 22" wide screen with 1680x1050 resolution, witch is driven by a nVidia card, the secondary monitor is a 15" driven by the onboard video, 1024x768. I just got a 17" with a native resolution of 1280x1024. (Right now it's on 1024x768 and it looks odd.) I am hoping may be if I upgrade the mobo to support that resolution so that I don't have to get a seperate video card.

Oh, by the way, the PC I am using now is a run of the mill 1.2G Celeron mobo runs Windows2000 sp4, generally speaking, can a mobo like that support two video cards?

Monitors are like steaks, the bigger the better.  ;D

Thanks.

B.