Do i need a gpu?

[Imaginary Friend]

So im going to make a build soon and i will not game on it!

 

So the question is do i need a gpu for that?

 

And i may make a hackingtosh build later and do i need a gpu for that too?

[ThunderFist209]

My PC now doesn't have a GPU, so I don't think you do.

As for the Hackentosh build, no idea.

[DELTAprime]

Try Lifehacker's Hackintosh guide.

 

http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604

 

Oh as for in general if you need a GPU or not it total depends on what you want to do with your computer. Games are not the only thing that can benefit from a GPU.

[Imaginary Friend]

2 minutes ago, DELTAprime said:

Try Lifehacker's Hackintosh guide.

 

http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604

 

Oh as for in general if you need a GPU or not it total depends on what you want to do with your computer.

I will use programs like Photoshop, Premiere pro u know adobe kind of stuff

[DELTAprime]

I think they have GPU acceleration but I'm not sure as I don't use them myself, I just know that people I know in the past have talked about GPUs for blurs and stuff like that.

[Imaginary Friend]

1 minute ago, DELTAprime said:

I think they have GPU acceleration but I'm not sure as I don't use them myself, I just know that people I know in the past have talked about GPUs for blurs and stuff like that.

Yeah i have read something similar before that's why i made this post because i was thinking of putting more money on the cpu and ram.

[JPotze]

4 minutes ago, Sans said:

I will use programs like Photoshop

photoshop would benefit from a good gpu. but it is not required.

[Imaginary Friend]

1 minute ago, JPotze said:

photoshop would benefit from a good gpu. but it is not required.

Ah... will the 950/960 work fine?

[JPotze]

1 minute ago, Sans said:

Ah... will the 950/960 work fine?

that will work fine. the more layers and effects u use (and photo resolution thus more pixels to calculate) the more power you could need. you can also just wait a little longer if you don't want or have more gpu power.

[Murasaki]

Ps can run fine on some cheap DDR3 gpu.

[Bananasplit_00]

what are you going to use it for? just because your not gaming dosent mean you dont need a GPU, intergrated graphics are usiually fine if your using your PC for verry light stuff like web browsing and lighter gaming, like LOL or CS:GO even, but anything more demanding then that and you will want a graphics card

[Dzzope]

It depends on what your doing but a gpu makes a difference.. 

 

For this test it doesn't really matter what you get.. But different work-loads will benefit in different ways, you will need to see if it benefits what your doing with a bit of research.