7 year old 8800gtx vs integrated intel HD 4600

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marsupialx

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Hi,

My 7 year old gaming PC just died, forcing me to undertake another build... this time on a much more restricted budget.

The recently deceased old PC was quite powerful when I assembled it. The graphics card was an nvidia 8800gtx, 768mb.

For the new build I've ordered the intel core i7 4790k with the asus z97-a. I did not order a graphics card due to cost.

My question is... When I assemble the new PC, should I just use the integrated intel HD 4600 graphics? Or should I use my 8800gtx?

I don't game much anymore, and when I do it's typically on my laptop. The PC will mostly be used for common household applications, however I will do a lot of 1080p streaming to my TV using MPC-hc and madvr, which is quite GPU intensive. What should I use?

Thank you very much for the help,
-Pete

 
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aldan

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that card should do fine if you are not gaming on this machine,but only just,in my opinion.if,indeed,this is used for surfing it might be just as well to stick to the integrated graphics as it will also do the job just fine and you might just run into driver issues with the older card.
 
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A thought, as you've mentioned you will be using this PC for 'common household applications', do you really have the need for a i7 4790k? Depending on your needs, you could move down to a i5 4670k (or non 'k' as i assume you dont want to overclock) and use the extra money to buy a new graphics card.

But if you've ordered it already then I'd use the iGPU (intel HD 4600), lower power consumption and less potential issues.
 
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Use the intel HD 4600, "experience point of view", I think the intel hd4600 will work better that the 8800GTX at 1080p streaming etc.. telling you this considering the newer motherboard capabilities and I think that the older GeForce 8800GTX will bottleneck your system.. go with the integrated intel GPU.
 
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No it won't.. as he will be using a 4th Gen core i7 series and a newer motherboard.. the old 8800GTX won't be able to catch up.. and it will bottleneck the whole system.. also the 8800GTX can't play latest games titles .. I mean DX11 games
 
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Bottleneck more than the HD 4600? no.
 
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You will be fine watching and streaming HD video on the i7 onboard video. You actually could have gotten an i3 or an i5 and a lower end gaming video card intead of an i7 CPU unless you are doing video convertion on the system. An $80 current card will be quite a bit faster than your old 8800 gtx. You can always stick the 8800 in the system as well if you like for some gaming, it will be faster than the onboard video, but it's not needed for HD streaming.
 
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The HD 4600 scored a 696 in PassMark the 8800 GTX scored 780, it's about 10% faster and won't really slow anything down. Best thing to do is go go down to an i5 or even a fast i3 CPU and get a cheaper gaming card, for games that is. For just using the system to watch and serve video, no add-on card is needed.
 
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Back in time, the 8800GTX was the best graphic card available on the market. Nowadays it's just a piece of obsolete hardware, thus I won't recommend using it with a Core i7 4th Gen. Better use the integrated intel HD 4600 or buy a latest Nvidia or AMD graphic card but don't use an obsolete hardware with a new generation hardware.. it will work but may and will cause problem with the PC.

The 8800GTX will work better with a core 2 quad than the core i7 4th Gen. If you know what I mean.

It's up to the user to decide whether he wants a stable system or and unstable one with the 8800GTX that can't even run latest DX11 Games an can't properly handle 1080p Res.

For the current system that he's planning to build, he will be more happier with the Intel HD4600 than the 8800GTX, but I will recommend him to upgrade to a latest NVIDIA or AMD when he has the money, if of course he wants better visual performance.

The 8800GTX uses lots of power and makes lots of heat inside the system also considering the age of the caps and components on the 8800GTX i'm pretty sure it won't last long and damn sure it consumes lots of energy as the components are really old. I used to have one, I know what i'm telling you.
 
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Maybe the 8800GTX is faster but I won't recommend using a hardware of yr 2006 with a CPU of yr 2014.. The gap is too much in terms of technology.. also the hardware is a used one, I don't think it will perform well with the new PC.

@ marsupialx, If you're going to use this as a home pc for streaming etc, you can have a good core i5 and a mid range graphic card at the same cost than the i7 with the intel hd... it's up to you to decide. I suppose if you go with the i7 you will upgrade to a better VGA card as soon as you have the budget for.
 
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8800GTX will likely be better, specially with overclock, but DX11 games will not run on it so you'll have to take it out for those games. You'll need to see if the performance difference is worth the hassle.
 
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:lol: are you making this up? The gap in technology?

Clearly the 8800GTx is a old card, but it should still work fine if he wants to use it. Things havent moved on that much, its still Pci-express.
 
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I'm using XFX 8800 GTX 768 MB with AMD FX-8350. No problems here, and never had.
Runs most games on medium-high still. Yes, it IS an old card, thus i started having artefacts. But i just baked it in the oven as instructed, and it's fine again. Done thus 3 times. Still working with no problems. Requires baking twice a year or something.
Runs games like Far cry 3 with no problems on max graphics. Very playable. Don't know how many fps though.

As for CS:GO -> 100 + fps. also games like HoN, Terraria, LoL, Dota 2, noooo problem. max out.
Battlefield 3+4, medium, no lags. Wasteland 2, maxed out, small lags, however that as on Core 2 Quad Q9450. 2.66 . Old cpu and mobo, so I suspect that was the problem.

IN SHORT - For video streaming + non gaming, go with the Intel card, much more power efficient, less heat in your case, and HDMI support.

Gaming-Performance wise, 8800 GTX will kill and destroy the HD 4600 imo :D
 
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Build it, test it, see what happens, there's not much difference between the 8800 and integrated anyway.
Agree with the other replies, though, you've massively over specified this system for your declared uses, with no gaming I'd suggest you either look at moving to the i3 or even move over to an AMD setup, the FM2+A8 6600K sound far more suitable for your needs.
 
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