Is my integrated better than this gpu?

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The i3 4170 is a good CPU and can still game at 1080p,even though we have much stronger CPUs available.
With a decent card,you can expect it to play games,like BF4 and Crysis 3 at 1080p at medium @ 45-50 FPS stable.
Speaking of the card,for $80,there is not much good cards.
The best one you can get for that budget is a Sapphire R7 250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202052,which costs exactly $80.
It's not the worst card in the world,but it can play games @ 1080p at low-medium.
You should consider expanding your budget to at least $100,so you can get a slightly stronger card,like the R7 260 1GB.
What I would highly recommend doing is adding $40 to your budget,making it $120,in order to get the best GPU for...
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Crysis 3 average fps @ 1280x720 "low" preset settings;

GeForce GT 630: 32 fps
Intel HD 4400: 18 fps

Indeed it seems GT 630 is significantly better.

(sources: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-4.html, http://www.frequency.com/video/crysis-3-gaming-on-asus-transformer-book/130316895/-/5-99635)
 
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+1 for the reference

Intel on-chip is meant for very basic use and maybe some HD video streaming. For gaming, a discrete card will be much better.

Also... +1 for being an Amiga fan. :) I still remember the old video toaster.
 
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Only such thing available on some Intel chipsets is Lucidlogix Virtu, but it's actually not very useful (I don't know if they managed to make it actually use both GPUs at once). Here's more info: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1630760/lucid-virtu.html


Hehe nice! :D Cheers mate! :)
 
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The i3-4170 is actually quite a nice CPU, directly comparable to the FX-6350. There's not a game in the world it can't handle above 55+ fps, and most games are way above 60 fps on that CPU (provided it's paired with a good GPU). Even Watch Dogs and BF4 can average 70+ fps on that CPU.

Anyway, as for a GPU you'll definitely want to buy used. You can get 2x or 3x the performance for the same cost at the lower end of cards.
 
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LukaBoki

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The i3 4170 is a good CPU and can still game at 1080p,even though we have much stronger CPUs available.
With a decent card,you can expect it to play games,like BF4 and Crysis 3 at 1080p at medium @ 45-50 FPS stable.
Speaking of the card,for $80,there is not much good cards.
The best one you can get for that budget is a Sapphire R7 250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202052,which costs exactly $80.
It's not the worst card in the world,but it can play games @ 1080p at low-medium.
You should consider expanding your budget to at least $100,so you can get a slightly stronger card,like the R7 260 1GB.
What I would highly recommend doing is adding $40 to your budget,making it $120,in order to get the best GPU for your i3: the Sapphire R7 260X 2GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202081\
This card delivers some excellent performance,as I've seen a couple of people running that exact same card and either a Pentium G3420,FX-6300,i3 4150 or AMD Athlon X4 760K and getting an astonishing 50 FPS stable in Crysis 3 at high settings. I mean,it can't get any better than that.In BF4,you can expect to get 50 FPS average at high settings.
Again,my recommendation is to get another $40 and get the R7 260X. If you can't find it,GTX 650 Ti Boost or HD7790. Will get you the same performance as the R7 260X.
Hope this helps. :)
 
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