pc suggestions or build suggestions?

[FMod]

 

You can get a solid working Video Card for $50. It won't max anything, but it can get by.

At $1,000 you'll probably be looking at i5-4690K, which has graphics built in.

 

So what can you get for $50... uh... that buys you a GT620, well, maybe GT630 for like $60 with a $10 rebate card.

GT620 is slower than HD4600 you get for free with an i5 and GT630 is like 15% faster.

[kopper45]

You Can Get A Great pc For $500 http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LvNfhM this will play alot of games at medium to high settings plus you can just torrent windows 7 or 8 off the internet

[dave1029]

 

 

You can get a solid working Video Card for $50. It won't max anything, but it can get by.

At $1,000 you'll probably be looking at i5-4690K, which has graphics built in.

 

So what can you get for $50... uh... that buys you a GT620, well, maybe GT630 for like $60 with a $10 rebate card.

GT620 is slower than HD4600 you get for free with an i5 and GT630 is like 15% faster.

 

You're telling me that integrated graphics is better than something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882&cm_re=radeon_hd-_-14-102-882-_-Product

[FMod]

You're telling me that integrated graphics is better than something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882&cm_re=radeon_hd-_-14-102-882-_-Product

Much better.

 

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_haswell_radeon&num=3

It's mostly a bunch of freeware as opposed to skyrim etc, but you can see that integrated graphics in 4770K are ~3 times better than a HD5450.

 

Integrated graphics are even better feature-wise.

[dave1029]

 

You're telling me that integrated graphics is better than something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882&cm_re=radeon_hd-_-14-102-882-_-Product

Much better.

 

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_haswell_radeon&num=3

It's mostly a bunch of freeware as opposed to skyrim etc, but you can see that integrated graphics in 4770K are ~3 times better than a HD5450.

 

Integrated graphics are even better feature-wise.

 

That's on linux...

[FMod]

It's the same on Windows. I could dig up several benchmarks and use "A>B>C => A>C" logic to prove a point, but icba to. They're not even comparable, Haswell's integrated graphics is way ahead.

[dave1029]

It's the same on Windows. I could dig up several benchmarks and use "A>B>C => A>C" logic to prove a point, but icba to. They're not even comparable, Haswell's integrated graphics is way ahead.

Well if he wants to fork out the money for a haswell, then I guess a dedicated graphics card is not necessary right now.