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So.... I *thought* I wasnt going to be playing any games...

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lowepg

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I built a new desktop for MOSTLY photshop and video editting... so I figured Id be find with the onboard graphics...

And I LOVE this setup- cant imagine going back to a non-SSD setup. Only thing- is I was tempted to fire up a few games- and now I DO think Id like to bump up the GPU for some occasional SC2.

Here's my specs:
1 x CPU INTEL|CORE I5 2500 3.3G 6M R $209.99
1 x PSU ANTEC|TP-650 650W RT $69.99
1 x HD 1T|SAMSUNG HD103SJ 32M 7K % - OEM $54.99
1 x CASE CM|SGC-2000-KKN1-GP RT $69.99
1 x WIN HOME PREMIUM 7 64-BIT OEM - OEM $89.99
2 x MEM 4Gx2|GSKILL F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR $139.98
1 x BD-COMBO LG | UH10LS20 OEM - OEM $69.99
1 x MB BIOSTAR TH67+ RT $104.99
1 x intel 510 SSd $284

For $100-$150 can I significantly improve the onboard graphics?

(currently driving dual 27" displays at 1920x1080)
 
aphelion02 said:
Yes, you can improve things tremendously 🙂 :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...37;20hd%205850
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Thanks.... I was struggling to find where the onboard graphics "matched-up" vs radeon cards.... example- is what i have comperable to like a 5450 or a 5750, etc, etc.

I was trying to get some perspective on how big of a leap a dedicated card would be.

Regarding the one listed above- right in my budget... but 1 dvi was the only thing I did a double-take on.

Honestly- I *could* drop a litle more $175-ish is going there would make a HUGE difference.... sorry- Im just totally ignorant of the latest and greatest in the gpu world right now!
 
You have an H67 board so you can power one monitor with the card and one monitor with the IGP. (for gaming obviously you can only use one monitor). The 5850 is a monster card, the on die graphics you have is roughly like a 5450. The 5850 is WAYYYY better, it will be a quantum leap in terms of performance.
 
The HD5850 is easily 10-20 times faster than your current graphics. No joke, they can't even fit on the same graph unless you use logarithmic scale.
 
aphelion02 said:
The HD5850 is easily 10-20 times faster than your current graphics. No joke, they can't even fit on the same graph unless you use logarithmic scale.
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thanks- thats exactly what I was looking for.... 🙂

I wasnt too far off- I was looking at a 5830 that looked like it was on sale at NE.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102878

The 5850 looks to be faster and about the same price.... I guess I assumed Id need an extra dvi port to run the 2nd display- I didnt really think about using the card AND the onboard at the same time....duh.
 
GPUs to consider that have been in your price range:
Radeon 5850
Radeon 6850 (not as good, but still worlds better than the IGP)
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
GeForce GTX 460 1GB (but not SE version)
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
 
lowepg said:
damnit- you just COULDN'T give me a win on the PS, could you!? 🙂
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Nope. 🙂 The 5850 is a very power-efficient card. Since you have 1080P displays, you most likely have HDMI on them. Your other option would be to use an HDMI to DVI adapter.
 
BofRA said:
Well here is a revie of the ondie graphics. But remember that your current performance is closer to the i3 in that review since you went with the non "K" version of the 2500

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/11
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how is his 2500 closer to the i3? isnt a 2500 the same as a 2500k if both are at stock? are those tests you posted at stock speed or over clocked? i think they're stock but I might have missed read or skipped something.
 
weez82 said:
how is his 2500 closer to the i3? isnt a 2500 the same as a 2500k if both are at stock? are those tests you posted at stock speed or over clocked? i think they're stock but I might have missed read or skipped something.
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He was referring to the performance of the 6EU IGP that both the i3 and non-K i5's share relative to the performance of the 12EU IGP that the i5 K's have.
 
weez82 said:
how is his 2500 closer to the i3? isnt a 2500 the same as a 2500k if both are at stock? are those tests you posted at stock speed or over clocked? i think they're stock but I might have missed read or skipped something.
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Tehre really should be a sticky to reference for the diference between 2500 and 2500k.

The 2500 has HD2000 graphics while the 2500k has HD3000 graphics

The 3000 vs. 2000 comparison is pretty simple. The former has 12 cores or EUs as Intel likes to call them, while the latter only has 6.
 
BofRA said:
Tehre really should be a sticky to reference for the diference between 2500 and 2500k.

The 2500 has HD2000 graphics while the 2500k has HD3000 graphics

The 3000 vs. 2000 comparison is pretty simple. The former has 12 cores or EUs as Intel likes to call them, while the latter only has 6.
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thanks for the reply. I must have missed that when I read the reviews. So much info to take 🙂
 
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