motherboards w/out video

[tk1780]

If you have a motherboard w/out integrated graphics or a video card will there be a signal to the monitor?

If yes, will it display spreadsheets and wordprocessing?

Is it ok if you are not playing games?

Thanks

[Bill in SD, CA]

Quote:

Originally posted by tk1780
If you have a motherboard w/out integrated graphics or a video card will there be a signal to the monitor?

Where would you plug the monitor into?

Bill

[EvilRick]

If it doesn't have onboard or a card then there will be NO video. The thing won't even boot. You need . . .

CPU
RAM
Video
FDD or HDD (w/ software if you wanna do anything)

. . . to have a working PC. If one of those is missing, it's not going to work.

[butch81385]

and agreeing with bill, if there is no onboard video,then there will be no place to plug the monitor in. and if there is a plug, there there is onboard video

[John Prophet]

You have to have EITHER integrated video (also called onboard video)...OR a seperate video card.

Onboard video is fine for speadsheets and internet browsing and dvd weatching and even simple games.

For more advanced games etc you need a good seperate video card.

[nukes]

Yeah, If you don't want to shell out for a graphics card, just get an onboard vid card. They're fine for most things.

[rusty4x4]

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