Outta the GPU game for awhile

[terralysis]

Hey folks! Been outta the PC building game for awhile, looking for an opinion. Here's the deal:

 

Got a gaming rig, but I don't have time for PC gaming any more - gonna sell off the parts. Plan is to build a Skylake mATX build for everyday computing, media server, etc. but I'd like to retain some gaming functionality for the older stuff (HL, portal, etc.).

 

So I guess my question boils down to: is the onboard Skylake GPU sufficient for those older games or should I hang onto my GTX 680? On another note, any idea what a 2GB 680 is worth these days?

 

Appreciate the help!

[ddrkreature]

Might as well hang onto the 680, IMO. It'll be better than the built in one but it looks like they're going for a couple hundred bucks on eBay if you're really looking to sell

[Darkshadowhaxor]

I would hang onto your GTX 680 as it will outperform any on-board graphics. If you already have it why get rid of it? Anyway the performance from the Skylake on-board graphics are for Media usage only. Even if you are going to play the odd old game here and there, I doubt it will be able to keep up. 

[Surpuppa]

9 minutes ago, terralysis said:

Hey folks! Been outta the PC building game for awhile, looking for an opinion. Here's the deal:

 

Got a gaming rig, but I don't have time for PC gaming any more - gonna sell off the parts. Plan is to build a Skylake mATX build for everyday computing, media server, etc. but I'd like to retain some gaming functionality for the older stuff (HL, portal, etc.).

 

So I guess my question boils down to: is the onboard Skylake GPU sufficient for those older games or should I hang onto my GTX 680? On another note, any idea what a 2GB 680 is worth these days?

 

Appreciate the help!

It is not worth much. Maybe 100 dollars

[Starelementpoke]

11 minutes ago, terralysis said:

Hey folks! Been outta the PC building game for awhile, looking for an opinion. Here's the deal:

 

Got a gaming rig, but I don't have time for PC gaming any more - gonna sell off the parts. Plan is to build a Skylake mATX build for everyday computing, media server, etc. but I'd like to retain some gaming functionality for the older stuff (HL, portal, etc.).

 

So I guess my question boils down to: is the onboard Skylake GPU sufficient for those older games or should I hang onto my GTX 680? On another note, any idea what a 2GB 680 is worth these days?

 

Appreciate the help!

The 2 gb model? Like maybe $150-$200 usd.

[Moonzy]

the hd530 will do fine in hl and portal, though with low settings i think

 

 

and the HD530 is slightly faster than hd4000

[Brennan Price]

I would say that you should definitely keep your gtx 680 because that is worth anything from £160 to £210 buying used so why get rid of it... However that it also a good reason to just sell that and buy a whole new PC with it from just your GPU lol. If you did go for skylake I would get an i3 6300 for general tasks but will still keep up with older games and some new if that is the case. 

[Kobathor]

9 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

The 2 gb model? Like maybe $150-$200 usd.

$200 USD for something that performs worse than the R9 280x? Nope. Even my 7970 outperforms it, and I got it for $120.

[terralysis]

14 minutes ago, Darkshadowhaxor said:

I would hang onto your GTX 680 as it will outperform any on-board graphics. If you already have it why get rid of it? Anyway the performance from the Skylake on-board graphics are for Media usage only. Even if you are going to play the odd old game here and there, I doubt it will be able to keep up. 

Yea that's pretty much my thought as well - guess I just needed someone to validate it.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Kobathor said:

$200 USD for something that performs worse than the R9 280x? Nope. Even my 7970 outperforms it, and I got it for $120.

I dunno man, I just guesstimate prices for nivida gpus that are 600 series and older.

[Sat1600]

Hl, and portal are not very demanding at all. I was actually just playing portal recently on my laptop. It has an I5 5200u. 8gb ram integrate intel hd 5500 graphics. I didn't Check fps but it was playable.