onboard-video vs old agp card

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Hey all!
I'm about to upgrade my computer, I plan to buy a pretty good video card but not yet (money issues)

So I'm wondering.. would a new motherboard's on-board video compare to my 4 years old agp nVidia FX5200 128mb?

I'm probably gonna go with an Asus motherboard, and later on add a pci-e nVidia card. If i can get the same video performance with the on-board, then I can start upgrading right away, otherwise I'll wait until I have enough money to buy everything at once.

My upgrade would be a good Asus motherboard, 4gb of ram, intel i7 quad-core (probably near the ~2.9 ghz)

I don't do alot of gaming, but I do play FFXI and SecondLife every now and then. (Though it seems secondlife puts alot more weight on my cpu than my graphic card)

thanks in advance, if anyone replies.

[bufsabre666]

new as in the motherboards that have amd's hd3200 or nvidias 8200? yes, onboard would be significantly better

[shadylookin]

most likely. you'll know for certain once you look at the specs of the motherboard before you buy it.

[mips]

My upgrade would be a good Asus motherboard,

We need to know the specs of the mother board you intend buying before we can offer you any advice. Make & model# would be usefull or a link.

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Eh I don't really know the specs nor models. I haven't decided which motherboard I'd buy (and more will come out by the time I buy it). It was just a general question about the average new motherboards vs my old graphic card.

Judging from the answers I guess not all current on-board video is better than my GeForce FX52000. Maybe I'll head toward something with integrated nvidia 8200+ like bufsabre666 said. That was a general answer to my general question, thanks.