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Hey guys, came here seeking some knowledge about iGPUs and how they work together with GPUs. The thing is I use two old VGA monitors on my system and in order to connect them both I use the Intel HD 530 graphics from my CPU and a cheap old graphics card the 8400GS and it works well. From what I'm seeing they either work together to produce the graphics or the iGPU takes over since it's the stronger one I'm not really sure I know very little lol. Either way, I would like to upgrade to a GTX 1050 for better performance but I'm not sure if I should run the setup the same way or if I should run both monitors from the graphics card, using adapters of course. So yeah that's all I know and I'd appreciate it if one of you guys would take the time to teach me something ^^

Hi guys! So I've decided to do a benchmark of Crysis Warhead on an intl iGPU for those curious and to clear out some fog over the intel iGPUs. Also, because there seems to be a lack of benchmarks for low-end and entry-level graphics solutions. I'm using Crysis Warhead because I haven't downloaded Crysis yet off origin Crysis Warhead is DX10.1 if I remember correctly, whereas Crysis was DX10 (Vista days lol) For the benchmark here are some specifics - Crysis Warhead 64-bit version (not the 32-bit exe) - installed on a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB 8GB (2X4GB) G.Skill Trident Z running at 3200MHz (disabled XMP for first runs) i5-6600K 3.5GHz intel HD 530 I ran the test for the presets - Minimum, Mainstream, and Gamer at 1080p (blood was enabled, I don't know if that'll affect anything) with XMP disabled for the first runs. I used FRAPS to bench this thing for the first 10min of the game - Benchmark started exactly when you click the start mission thing on the loading screen up to the beach area where you download the intel. TL:DR - (XMP Disabled) Minimum - Avg: 32.879, Max: 63, Min: 19 Mainstream - Avg: 32.443, Max: 57, Min: 18 Gamer - Avg: 17.091, Max: 28, Min: 1 As you can see, there's barely a difference between Minimum and Mainstream presets however we see a huge dip in Min and Max for the Gamer preset. XMP - The reason I had this disabled at first is because this was causing flickering in my system for most games especially CS:GO (You don't want that in CS:GO). I only did one run with XMP enabled for the Mainstream preset test. Here are the results - Mainstream - Avg: 36.141, Max: 66, Min: 12 There is definitely an improvement to the Avg FPS and it does feel smother overall. It definitely can Crysis...Warhead in Minimum and Mainstream presets at 1080p Thoughts and Conclusion: I remember playing (and finishing!) Crysis and Crysis Warhead on an intel Core i3-2100 with the HD 2000 Graphics in it. I had to turn it to the lowest possible settings at 800x600 and running it in windowed mode - was getting about 15FPS there. Moving on a year or two, I grabbed a GTX 660, and that thing was really awesome playing at 60FPS with almost all the settings at max. Crysis and Crysis Warhead is still one of the better games of the past in terms of graphics. It looks a bit like Far Cry 3 because of the tropical environment, but sometimes it looks even better. Heck you could even shoot trees and they would break in this game, times have changed. Now to this, I'm surprised the iGPU actually gave the ability to play some old games at 1080p especially Crysis Warhead. I do play CS:GO on this thing and it gives me around 60FPS at 1080p with these settings. I could play lots of games in this that would run cinematic frame rates at 1080p (lol). League of Legends, no problem, max 60FPS. Honestly, I'm excited about AMD's upcoming APU solution and what DX12 and Vulkan will be able to do with it not just for gaming with the iGPU alone but also maybe pairing it with a discrete GPU. Just me speculating - The iGPU could work with discrete GPUs for rendering which would be nice if it were to happen. Better performance for AMD CPUs paired with AMD GPUs. Do I recommend not getting a discrete GPU? - No, duh. If you really want to play the latest games you really need a good GPU. What I would say however is that it's a bit pointless to buy a low-end GPU if you already have an iGPU (unless you just want a cheap multi-monitor system for facebook or something, low-end OEMs will handle that). That isn't an upgrade. Sure, it may spit slightly better FPS but it isn't worth the money. If you just play League of Legends or something like that, you won't need a GPU for 1080p gaming at 60FPS. Spend at least $100 on a second hand mid-range GPU, or a new one if you could find it. It would definitely be better. Heck, if you really wanted to game on a budget, buy the best CPU for the system you can afford and slap a second hand card on it. You'll be upgrading that GPU anyway, rarely would some do an entire system upgrade every year. To end - I hope this benchmark does clear up some misconceptions and give more information Happy Holidays. If you want to see some old games be benchmarked, just post it here. I'll test it if I have it on my Steam Library or on Origin. Also. FRAPS files (benchmark data) - Crysis Warhead 1080p XMP Disabled.zip Crysis Warhead 1080p XMP Enabled.zip

Hello everyone. Thank you for your help last time. In the end i decided to stick with skylake. So, i play mostly league of legends, mount and blade warband and total war games. My question is: is there any benefits in i5 or i7 integrated graphics over i3 6100. We are talking about skylake. I saw a benchmark with oc i3 to 4.7 ghz and it was almost toe to toe with i7. And i would upgrade to some gpu if i need it in the future.