How good is the onboard graphics for 2600?

dkkatyal

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How good is the onboard graphics of 2600 or 2600k? Is it worth spending extra to buy a graphics card? If yes, then what is the minimum capacity graphics card that will meet or beat that performance so I'm not spending money but getting the same or inferior performance.
 
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Hello dkkatyal;

If you're talking about HTPC stuff and all the regular home office PC stuff it's perfectly fine.
But remember - you can't use a P67 board - you need a H67 or H61 which aren't ideal for the K model & overclocking

If you're talking about gaming you probably need something around HD 5570 to beat it
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/intel-hd-graphics-2000-3000.html

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dkkatyal

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Thanks! This is what I was looking for. It is a bummer that you can't OC on H67. It's a catch 22 - either leverage the GPU or the OC. Can't do both. Any idea if that limitation will be addressed soon?
 

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Hmmm... I looked at the article. It is super useful but it didn't say anything about overclocking with H67. Reading all the other posts makes me believe that you can't OC the CPU but you can OC the GPU in H67. Am I missing something?