It's not the aspect of the integrated memory pulling system RAM that makes them bad (although that is one factor), but they're bad altogether. They have a poor GPU, they're slow at everything, and you're better off even with a PCI card.

Simple put, integrated video is at the bottom of the chain, and you won't be able to do much of any gaming on it at all. A gig of ram is good, but most newer games rely on the video card more than anything else.

As for the guys at Best Buy, they were right, but they still may have been trying to get you to buy something at a higher than normal price. I'd research what you want to do with the system, and decide (by asking here or whatever) which card to get for those needs. Then you shop around and get your best deal.

You also need to know which type of card to get (PCI, AGP, or PCI-Express). If your machine is a Dell, list the Dimension series number and someone can tell you.

Hi, intels extreme graphics is sooo bad it doesn't even get to the level of the geforce 2 level ha

if you provide your model number then someone can tell you if it is agp, pci or pcix

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Dimension 8300 ,P4 CPU 2.80GHz 800MHz BIOS A05 ,1024MB DDR-SDRAM 400MHz ,Sparkle 6600GT 128mb 500mhz/1000mhz ---Retired ---> GeForce FX 5200 ,BearPaw 2400TA Scanner ,USB 2.0 tv tuner ,NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD ,Pioneer 16x DVD+/-RW DL DVR-109 firmware 1.17m, 256Mb-64mb Usb drives,Wacom graphire3 4x5inch USB tablet ,HP CD-Writer+ 8200,Creative SB Live! with subwoofer ,Conexant SmartHSFi V.9x 56K DF PCI Modem ,ADSL DSL-200, HP deskjet 3550, 120Gb seagate SATA,external usb2 seagate 200Gb ,15inch LCD, 7749 3dmark03, 3200 3dmark05,

Here are some coupon sites for you ndwaner.  Look at them often and find a great deal on a system from the Dim 4700/8400/9100 or XPS.  If you like gaming, don't even consider the dim2400 or 3000 system.  We here, have seen the 4700 system sell for just about the same price as the 3000 with a good promotion that Dell has from time to time, so be a little patient....You see my second system below ?  Its three years old and better for gaming than that entry level Dim 2400 system.  Food for thought

http://www.xpbargains.com/dell_coupons/
http://dell.coupons-coupon-codes.com/
http://www.fatwallet.com/deals.php
http://gotapex.com/
http://www.xpbargains.com/

Gen 5
3.2 Ghz Dual Core
1 Gb Dual Channel DDR-2 667 Mhz
nVidia 6800 256 Mb PCI-Express
74 Gb ( 10,000 RPM ) Drive
Floppy drive
Dual Drive 16XDVD & DVD+/-RW
17 inch (1703 FP) LCD
3 yr warranty
w/epp coupon $1,659.00


Dim 4400 2.6 Ghz 400 FSB
1 Gb DDR 2100 Memory
Windows XP Home SP-2
20 Gb 7,200 Hard Drive
48Xcdrw

nVidia's 6600 GT card