Shared components..

[Addict]

Originally posted by Accord Man
ok.. from what I understand, some integrated components are software based and others are hardware based.. and software based is what grabs cpu ressources.. Not the hardware based stuff..

then again, how do I know whats software/hardware based?!

All of your integrated components will use CPU power. The only types of add-ons that typically do not use your existing CPU are generally SCSI cards(high end versions, low end still use system processor), audio cards & some modems.

Usually a product will state whether it uses an onboard processor or not. Or whether its hardware based. If it doesn't state either, then its software based.