Eric wrote: > > I cam considering purchasing a Compaq Presario 5050. It comes with > >96megs of ram, 8 gig hd, win 98 and tons of software. They have it > >connected to a 333MHZ Celeron for only $679 at CompaqWorks. > > > >The one feature I am not sure about is the video card which is an ATI 3D > >Rage LT Pro Graphics with 2 MB 100MHZ SyncGraphics video memory. > > > >Does anyone have any experience with this type card. It seems like an > >puny amount of video ram and it can only be upgraded to 4MB. > > > >Could it be that it uses some of the system ram to help offset the small > >amount on the card? > > > >Thanks to those who respond > > > >John Farrow > > Merry Christmas. > > My Father just purchased the 5050 at a local retailer here in NJ. It runs > great for the price, but I have to say that it is slower than my Pentium 233 > MMX. It may be due to the video, but I just think the Celeron 333 is a fairly > slow chip. > > If it was me, I'd toss in $200 extra and go for a PII or an AMD K6 chip. > > When setting up the computer for him, I did not notice a setting to use system > RAM for the video. It could be there, I just didn't notice it and I went all > through the BIOS. > > Eric That's odd, Eric Not doubting your observation. But I read in PC Mag that the Celeron 333MHZ was a little faster that the P-II 300. Wonder if the video could be slowing down your fathers system? If it is indeed slower than a P-II 233, then you have probably changed my mind about the purchase. Thank You for the response. John PCBUILD only works if you contribute. Send your messages to be posted to: [log in to unmask]