Jump to content

Can I run computer without GPU?

XCruzzerX89
 Share
Posted

That is incorrect. It can utilize the full 4GB of VRAM - you are misinformed.

 

 

Yeah, but still at a speed which is not relevant these days, so they don't really count.

3.5GB at full bus speed, 500MB at 1/7th of the bus speed. 

Get your facts straight people. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

3.5GB at full bus speed, 500MB at 1/7th of the bus speed. 

Get your facts straight people. 

I knew the last 500MB was crippled.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

You can, but it would not be gaming. Why would you spend $260 on a CPU, but none on a GPU?

My PC/ CPU: Intel i5-4690k with ColerMaster Hyper Evo 212 / Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR / GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / OS: Windows8.1 / RAM: G.Skill Ares Series 2x4 1600Mhz / Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM / Optical Drive: ASUS 24B1ST / Network: TP-Link WN881ND /////////////////////////// If I fail to respond to your questions, please message me! Thank you

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

You can, but it would not be gaming. Why would you spend $260 on a CPU, but none on a GPU?

I can think of some reasons. Gaming is not the only use for a high end consumer chip.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I returned my G1 970 due to horrific coil whine, and had to use the iGPU for the time it took for a replacement to arrive.

The other option available to me was to not use my '$260 CPU' at all.

Not really much of a contest there.

OP has spent the money on GPUs he just wants to sell them to upgrade to better ones and wonders if the iGPU can be used in the meantime. It can, it's an entirely reasonable scenario. Is it ideal? No, but that's not what he's asking.

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

a 4690k with no gpu is like a...latte without the coffee

Z77A-G43 LGA 1155, Intel I5 3450s, Radeon R9 290 (non-X), Cooler Master V750 Gold (750W) PSU, 2x4GB Ripjaws X 1866 MHz, 1x4 Crucial 1866 MHz, Samsung 840 Evo 500GB, Thor V2 Full-tower Case, Acer 1920x1080 Monitor

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Yeah, but still at a speed which is not relevant these days, so they don't really count.

 

@Kloaked

 

I think we all are pretty damn tired of people who have never seen or used a 970 complaining about it.... Here we go:

 

It's a great card, and there is zero reason for people to lose their mind about the 3.5GB bullshit. It's not going to hurt you at 1080p or even 1440p. It happens at 4K, but even a 980 will still hurt at 4K alone. The Titan X is the only single GPU that can do 4K.

 

In real world situations, the 970 performs wonderfully in any realistic environments. This wasn't about a 970, so stop bullshitting.

The projects never end in my line of work.

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2650v2 || GPU: Dual Quadro K5000 || Motherboard: Asus Z9PE-D8 || RAM: 64GB Corsair Vengeance || Monitors: Dual LG 34UM95, NEC MultiSync EA244UHD || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 Pro 256GB in Raid 0, 6x WD Re 4TB in Raid 1 || Sound: Xonar Essense STX (Mainly for Troubleshooting and listening test) || PSU: Corsair Ax1500i

CPU: Core i7 5820k @ 4.7GHz || GPU: Dual Titan X || Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe || RAM: 32GB Crucial Ballistix Sport || Monitors: MX299Q, 29UB65, LG 34UM95 || Storage: Dual Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB in Raid 0, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, 2TB Toshiba scratch disk, 3TB Seagate Barracuda || PSU: EVGA 1000w PS Platinum

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

@Kloaked

 

I think we all are pretty damn tired of people who have never seen or used a 970 complaining about it.... Here we go:

 

It's a great card, and there is zero reason for people to lose their mind about the 3.5GB bullshit. It's not going to hurt you at 1080p or even 1440p. It happens at 4K, but even a 980 will still hurt at 4K alone. The Titan X is the only single GPU that can do 4K.

 

In real world situations, the 970 performs wonderfully in any realistic environments. This wasn't about a 970, so stop bullshitting.

 

Is @Razzaa  still around? We need his video proof.

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

We got our facts straight. The other 500 MB are too slow to be properly used. You must really be a fanboy to not see that.

We're all just brimming with sarcasm here...

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

@Kloaked

 

 

It's a great card, and there is zero reason for people to lose their mind about the 3.5GB bullshit. It's not going to hurt you at 1080p or even 1440p. It happens at 4K, but even a 980 will still hurt at 4K alone. The Titan X is the only single GPU that can do 4K.

 

 

This isn't really accurate.  Single 980 did a bang up job at 4K for me in most games.  The second one is mainly for those few really demanding games.

4K // R5 3600 // RTX2080Ti

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

This isn't really accurate. Single 980 did a bang up job at 4K for me in most games. The second one is mainly for those few really demanding games.

The number of frames you get per second is subjected to the graphical settings you have applied.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

This isn't really accurate. Single 980 did a bang up job at 4K for me in most games. The second one is mainly for those few really demanding games.

but what settings were you running ? Because the titan x is tr only single card that seems to be able to do ultra 4k at 60 fps
Spoiler

The Ninja (current gaming pc)  Case- h440 red/black cpu- i5-4690k@ 4.3ghz cooler- coolermaster hyper 212 evo mobo- Gigabyte z97x-sli ram- adata xpg v.1 2x4gb 1600mhz gpu- asus strix gtx 970 hdd- wd blue 1tb ssd- kingston hyperx savage 240gb psu- evga 600b peripherals: mouse- razer death adder 2013 keyboard- corsair k70 with chery mx-reds headset- HyperX Cloud 2

my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

but what settings were you running ? Because the titan x is tr only single card that seems to be able to do ultra 4k at 60 fps

 

A mix of Ultra/high settings in most games and achieving 50-60 FPS for newer titles.  Most games older than a year or so ran on ultra everything just fine.  

 

Stock 980 is only ~15 FPS behind a TitanX at 4K.  Overclocked 980 is pretty much damn close to the stock TitanX at 4K.

 

Not every setting cranked to the max, but with very minimal sacrifices and it was a very playable experience.  

4K // R5 3600 // RTX2080Ti

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Graphics Cards

×