I'd recommend getting a cpu with integrated graphics just in case your gpu dies, that way you're not stuck with a computer you can't see anything on and you can order a new one.
In 10 years, integrated graphics will be as powerful as a 4090 Edit: there's an f-ing war in my comments, please stop
I can imagine that one person out there that bought a big graphics card and saw no performance difference, only to years later change the cable from the mobo to the gpu and see the frames skyrocket
Also for multiple screens setups, you can use the integrated graphics for your screens that doesn't require too much power, provided that of course you install both drivers. I have 4 screens, 2 of them are connected to the iGPU and the other 2 are connected to the GPU.
Passthrough is a thing these days, Windows can use your GPU to render games even if display is connected to motherboard, although performance hurts a little bit ig
If you have a newer amd laptop that also has a decent dgpu, you can run a game on a external monitor with the Dgpu and use your laptop screen as a second monitor which only uses the igpu. Since amd Radeon igpu graphics have really become powerful using this setup can be really nice for someone that games and like to watch YouTube or whatever
That image of the EVGA GPU was painful to see. It's sad knowing that there will not be anymore made.
Best to disable integrated graphics, this way the dedicated uses the full cache itself :yt:
A CPU with integrated graphics is great for diagnostics. Like if your GPU dies or your computer is doing something funky and you don't have another pcie gpu to test with. They can sometimes be a little more powerful than the similar CPU without integrated graphics, but it does come at a little extra cost.
Weird thing I found with intergraded graphics is bugs for vr games
Not buying a CPU with integrated graphics is like shooting yourself in the foot, shitting in the bullet hole, and wrapping duct tape around it. The price difference is so miniscule and having the safety net for GPU failure is always worth it. If its a machine that is used for personal use, just get integrated graphics.
In some cases it's also better to use physx through integrated graphics
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Once that Halo Strix is out, you won't need one of those common GPUs.
My school accidentally bought computers with graphics cards with integrated graphics. I don't know which one as I haven't opened it. I just realised every monitor is plugged into the motherboard, not the GPU.
On windows 11 there’s no problem to plug cable to motherboard ports. High performance 3d app/game will still rendered on pcie gpu and displayed through integrated gpu
this also reminded me of that one dude were he put the hdmi or the display port on the motherboard instead of the gpu
I disable the integrated graphics because some games randomly mess it up
One thing you do have to watch out for is that a few niche programs tend to only use the hardware you tell then to use. One of my mistakes was messing around with blender and rendering a lot of stuff on my cpu, before getting told that I could’ve also just rendered it way faster on my gpu. This is the only program I can think off from the top of my head with this issue, yet perhaps some other programs suffer from a similar issue
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