Built-in or Separate Video Card?

As far as getting the best graphics and video resolution for your computer is concerned, you just have to consider the impact that it will have as far as energy resources to be used by your computer is concerned. Normally, games will be the main reason for placing a higher capacity video card.

Today, we are seeing a lot of high-end video cards that offer up to 256 MB RAM. These are necessary for high requiring graphical games and to ensure smooth quality when they play, these high resolution video cards are desirable. For some however, it would be best to use the standards 128 MB video card if all they care about is simply practical means of using their computer such as word processing or Internet browsing.

There are others who use high-end video cards for graphical designing. While I beg to disagree, everyone knows that when it comes to graphical designs, a Mac is the ideal desktop to use. There are some who use the standard PC but the thing is you will not be able to appreciate the actual colors and the processes running may end up taking a long time to process.

Going back however, built-in video options are really meant to save on cost whenever you buy a new computer. If you can spare a few more bucks, it would be wise to get an independent one since graphical video cards can really take its toll as far as computer resources are concerned.

You can read more on how video cards work here.

(Source) How Stuff Works