Nvidia GT 240 or Onboard AMD A10 7700K R7

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I'm in the process of building a media server from some components I have around the house. Just a machine to stream media and trans-code video (plex server or similar). Windows 10 OS. I'm trying to decide on the graphics...

I have an old Nvidia GT 240 card which isn't being used. I'm also using an AMD A10 7700K APU, which as onboard R7 graphics.

Should I stick with the onboard graphics or use the GT 240 card? Passmark scored the onboard A10 7700K graphics higher than the Nvidia GT 240 but just wanted to get some opinions.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
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The onboard graphics is considerably better. Make sure you have some fast RAM (2133MHz+) and you should have a pretty decent gaming rig, if it's ever needed in that role. Graphics aren't that important when it comes to media servers...well not at all really.

Woody

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The onboard graphics is considerably better. Make sure you have some fast RAM (2133MHz+) and you should have a pretty decent gaming rig, if it's ever needed in that role. Graphics aren't that important when it comes to media servers...well not at all really.

Woody
 
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