Integrated Graphics

[louis21ong]

Hello guys! I want to share something peculiar that happened to my rig.

I was switching my GTX 750ti to a GTX 960 because I got a good deal on Newegg's black friday deals. To save money, obviously, I decided to sell my GTX 750ti for around 75% of the cost of the 960 (which is a great bargain imo). Anyways, I had to remove the 750ti and run on Intel HD graphics for a while since the GTX 960 hasn't arrived yet and I hated the non-Aero windows desktop. So I installed the drivers and started using it again.

To my utmost curiosity, I decided to run Cinebench R15's CPU and GPU benchmarks to test how Intel HD graphics would score, and to my dismay, my CPU score was almost half of what I used to get when I had my 750ti. I used to get 360cb in the CPU bench but now I get almost 190cb. I also noticed that some rendering blocks were freezing (meaning it doesn't render at all) while the benchmark was going on.

I was puzzled on what may have caused this problem. I even had to resort to the UEFI bios if there was a misclicked option but to no avail. Luckily I found a solution by removing the Intel HD graphics driver. Suddenly the CPU bench figures went up to 360cb again.

tl;dr FYI, Intel HD Graphics slows down your raw CPU so if you have it activated or enabled if you have a dedicated GPU, I suggest turning it off or uninstalling the drivers for it to get the most out of your CPU.

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

[don_svetlio]

Hello guys! I want to share something peculiar that happened to my rig.

I was switching my GTX 750ti to a GTX 960 because I got a good deal on Newegg's black friday deals. To save money, obviously, I decided to sell my GTX 750ti for around 75% of the cost of the 960 (which is a great bargain imo). Anyways, I had to remove the 750ti and run on Intel HD graphics for a while since the GTX 960 hasn't arrived yet and I hated the non-Aero windows desktop. So I installed the drivers and started using it again.

To my utmost curiosity, I decided to run Cinebench R15's CPU and GPU benchmarks to test how Intel HD graphics would score, and to my dismay, my CPU score was almost half of what I used to get when I had my 750ti. I used to get 360cb in the CPU bench but now I get almost 190cb. I also noticed that some rendering blocks were freezing (meaning it doesn't render at all) while the benchmark was going on.

I was puzzled on what may have caused this problem. I even had to resort to the UEFI bios if there was a misclicked option but to no avail. Luckily I found a solution by removing the Intel HD graphics driver. Suddenly the CPU bench figures went up to 360cb again.

tl;dr FYI, Intel HD Graphics slows down your raw CPU so if you have it activated or enabled if you have a dedicated GPU, I suggest turning it off or uninstalling the drivers for it to get the most out of your CPU.

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

mhm

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I guess it's a choice beetwen heavier CPU, or heavier GPU usage

[Mr.McMister]

My guess would be there's probably some power limiting going on preventing the cpu from reaching optimal boost clock because the graphics is using that power.

[Enderman]

A brand new 750ti already costs less than 75% of a GTX960 lol

nobody is going to buy your overpriced card

[louis21ong]

A brand new 750ti already costs less than 75% of a GTX960 lol

nobody is going to buy your overpriced card

I actually did sell it for 75% of my 960. I bought the MSI 960 4gb edition for $164 minus the rebate of $20. I sold my 750ti for $100. Do the math. Oh and FYI, I had an EVGA FTW edition that I only used for 2 months hence the $100 pricetag.

[Enderman]

I actually did sell it for 75% of my 960. I bought the MSI 960 4gb edition for $174 minus the rebate of $20. I sold my 750ti for $100. Do the math. Oh and FYI, I had an EVGA FTW edition that I only used for 2 months hence the $100 pricetag.

uuuuh....no...

 

100/(174-20)*100%=65%

 

65 is very different from 75%

[louis21ong]

uuuuh....no...

100/(174-20)*100%=65%

65 is very different from 75%

75% of my 960.

(.75)144 = $106 hence about $100 ish

Please review your maths.

[Enderman]

75% of my 960.

(.75)144 = $106 hence about $100 ish

Please review your maths.

you said your 960 was $174 with a $20 rebate

 

(174-20)=154

100/154*100%=64.9%

 

sorry but I don't think you know how to calculate a percentage...

[SkilledRebuilds]

My CPU never once declocked....at all when I was using my overclocked iGPU to game on (HD4600 @ 1650Mhz/1200Mhz)

And I played many modern titles with ample performance for the settings chosen (Which I can prove, but not without advertising my channel)

 

CPU stays at 3.9Ghz while using iGPU.

Dunno what the OP's issue is, but it doesn't happen to me ever.

(Maybe an advanced CPU setting in his BIOS is screwing with it)