Is the Intel HD 2000 good for basic computing?

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Sagar_20

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Like web browsing, watching 720p Hd movies and playing games like Gta San andreas, Minecraft, Battlefield 1942 and Counter strike..

There is one more thing i am wondering about..
My computer is equipped with a 2nd gen Core i5 cpu along with the HD 2000. However, it doesn't let me set the screen resolution to anything except 800x600 and 1024x768 while the max resolution supported by my monitor is 1366x768. Why don't i get full 1366x768??
 
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"But the question is whether the Intel HD 2000 is any good for basic use??"

Yes, of course it is, but if there's an Nvidia PCI Express card installed you don't need the Intel GPU anyway so why ask about it?

When there's a PCI-E graphics card installed, the Intel GPU is automatically disabled in the BIOS to avoid resource conflicts, so it won't appear in Device Manager. You'll only see the Nvidia card listed in Device Manager, so that's all normal, nothing wrong there.

I agree that the resolution issue with the Intel GPU was most likely because the Intel driver isn't installed.
You will only need it if you ever need to use your PC without an add-on card (eg if your Nvidia card becomes faulty). Get the Intel HD 2000 driver here...
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Of course he's got a GPU, otherwise he would see zilch on the monitor - :lol:
The GPU in this case (Intel HD 2000) is integrated in the main processor (an APU).

Sagar_20, is the Intel graphics driver installed (check in Device Manager)?

 
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Under the display adapter section, i can only see the Nvidia Geforce GT 730 installed but once i have ran this computer without a gpu. So maybe i didn't have the Intel driver installed? That's why i couldn't set the resolution to 1366*768. But the question is whether the Intel HD 2000 is any good for basic use??
 
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"But the question is whether the Intel HD 2000 is any good for basic use??"

Yes, of course it is, but if there's an Nvidia PCI Express card installed you don't need the Intel GPU anyway so why ask about it?

When there's a PCI-E graphics card installed, the Intel GPU is automatically disabled in the BIOS to avoid resource conflicts, so it won't appear in Device Manager. You'll only see the Nvidia card listed in Device Manager, so that's all normal, nothing wrong there.

I agree that the resolution issue with the Intel GPU was most likely because the Intel driver isn't installed.
You will only need it if you ever need to use your PC without an add-on card (eg if your Nvidia card becomes faulty). Get the Intel HD 2000 driver here:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/81502/Intel-HD-Graphics-2000
 
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