Why does Intel's iGPUs look so damn ugly?

[whm1974]

OK when I was in the process of wither to rule out either my GTX 970 or the Dell 3014 30" Display as the one having issues with losing the Signal, I quickly notice when switching to the Haswell Intel Graphics 4600, the resulting screen looks really ugly.... Even at the same resolution.

 

Why is this? I fix my problem by switching back to using the GTX 760 I started with. Has Intel's current HD 630 iGPU been improved since then?

 

If it matters, I am using Linux and at the time, I haven't reinstalled Windows. I

[Helpful Tech Witch]

How does it look ugly? Im ugly, but thats just normal. So it could just be how its meant to be.

[aisle9]

Intel's iGPUs are trash, almost universally, up until the last year or two when AMD forced them to finally give a damn.

 

That said, if you didn't wipe out the GTX 970 drivers, Intel's graphics drivers won't be able to fully do their thing, and they'll look even more like trash. The HD 4600 graphics were probably running at the wrong resolution as a result and, boom, shitty graphics.

[porina]

In Windows, I've seen all sorts of weirdness with any make of GPU if you're not running suitable drivers. Can't comment about Linux though. With the correct drivers and settings, for desktop use, there is no difference between it and others.

[whm1974]

10 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Intel's iGPUs are trash, almost universally, up until the last year or two when AMD forced them to finally give a damn.

 

That said, if you didn't wipe out the GTX 970 drivers, Intel's graphics drivers won't be able to fully do their thing, and they'll look even more like trash. The HD 4600 graphics were probably running at the wrong resolution as a result and, boom, shitty graphics.

With Manjaro Linux, I simply reinstalled the Distro with the Free Drivers. I then shortly after put the video card back in. The issue I had only shows up when playing games. I just couldn't stand the ugliness.

 

It is moot now that I'm using my older GTX 760.

[Mark Kaine]

there's literally no difference between Intel / AMD / Nvidia for desktop graphics, if you're talking about games... lol 

[whm1974]

1 minute ago, Mark Kaine said:

there's literally no difference between Intel / AMD / Nvidia for desktop graphics, if you're talking about games... lol 

Well I was referring to the Desktop. Using 2560x1600p Resolution.