Should i install an old GPU with Intel Haswell graphics HD4600?

[bastien_]

Hello,
i am in the process of building a PC for the first time.
My cpu will be intel haswell corei5-4670k which includes intel graphics HD4600.
I have an old ATI radeon X1950 and i am not planning to buy a new GPU in the short term.
Should i even bother installing the X1950 or will the cpu HD4600 graphics provide a better experience on its own? Is there a way to compare the 2?

the mother board will be Asus Z87 Pro in case that matters.

thank you!

 

[Enigmoid]

Hello,
i am in the process of building a PC for the first time.
My cpu will be intel haswell corei5-4670k which includes intel graphics HD4600.
I have an old ATI radeon X1950 and i am not planning to buy a new GPU in the short term.
Should i even bother installing the X1950 or will the cpu HD4600 graphics provide a better experience on its own? Is there a way to compare the 2?

the mother board will be Asus Z87 Pro in case that matters.

thank you!

I'm not really sure absolute performance but the HD 4600 is probably faster uses MUCH less power (that alone should be enough not to use the X1950), and has more features (DX 10 and 11 for example).

If you are not gaming then the intel IGP should be plenty.

 

[tarmc]

i would assume the x1950 would run alot slower than the hd4600

 

[bastien_]

Thank you both for the quick reply.
I will be mainly using the PC to watch and stream videos across the house to a WD Live media player.
I might give a shot at a few games but that wont be the main use.

From what i am reading it looks like the X1950 wouldn't provide any benefits next to HD4600 then?
Would it help in a scenario when someone is using the PC for basic internet like YouTube while someone else is streaming a video to the media player across the house?

thanks!

 

[Ketchup]

Thank you both for the quick reply.
I will be mainly using the PC to watch and stream videos across the house to a WD Live media player.
I might give a shot at a few games but that wont be the main use.

From what i am reading it looks like the X1950 wouldn't provide any benefits next to HD4600 then?
Would it help in a scenario when someone is using the PC for basic internet like YouTube while someone else is streaming a video to the media player across the house?

thanks!

The HD 4600 will cause you CPU to get a little hotter if enabled, but that ATI card will put out a LOT more heat than that. Add to that that the Intel graphics will probably pull more load off the regular processing portion of the chip, and you should have better graphics, speed, and efficiency using the 4600 graphics.

 

[ElFenix]

Would it help in a scenario when someone is using the PC for basic internet like YouTube while someone else is streaming a video to the media player across the house?

thanks!

no.

 

[el etro]

X1950 is faster(not much), but is better to you don't put it here. Is good to put a dGPU when it adds to you co-processing power and video capabilities(better image quality). A radeon 7750 will be good here....

 

[SPBHM]

X1950 is faster(not much), but is better to you don't put it here. Is good to put a dGPU when it adds to you co-processing power and video capabilities(better image quality). A radeon 7750 will be good here....

faster?
I don't think so, the x1950 is so old, it doesn't even have unified shader architecture, and it's dx9c, with old drivers...

even if you only compare in DX9, the hd4600 is probably at least 30% faster
and it supports DX11, new drivers, hw video decoding, have lower power draw...

 

[bastien_]

faster?
I don't think so, the x1950 is so old, it doesn't even have unified shader architecture, and it's dx9c, with old drivers...

even if you only compare in DX9, the hd4600 is probably at least 30% faster
and it supports DX11, new drivers, hw video decoding, have lower power draw...

These are all good points. i guess i will just stick with the HD4600 then.
thanks everyone!

 

[FalseChristian]

I hate integrated graphics. I have one on my i5 2500K and there's no option in my BIOS to turn the damn thing off so GPUZ reports a wrong pixel-fillrate and PCI-e 2.0 speed.

But the 4600 will be faster and supports DirectX 11 with better drivers because, I believe, the X1950 has not been driver supported for quite awhile now.

But, let me tell you, in its day the X1950 rocked!

 

[Ketchup]

But, let me tell you, in its day the X1950 rocked!

I remember that too. Hard to believe that guy is close to 7 years old now. I hate getting older, lol.

 

[ashetos]

Could it be that the processor performs better with a discrete GPU because the L3 Cache is not polluted by iGPU data? Has anyone ever measured this?

 

[tweakboy]

Blast from the past....

 

[tweakboy]

Why do this. Use the CPU GPU instead of a cheap video card.

gl