I just built a budget PC for a friend:
ASUS P8PH67-V board with HDMI, DVI, & VGA
Intel i3-2120 @ 3.3 Ghz
2x2GB G.Skill DDR3-1333
500GB Western Digital SATA/6Gbps
The board seems nice, even includes USB 3.0, which I thought was cool. I left out any dedicated graphics, thinking the iGPU in the Intel Core i3 was quite capable. Got it booted with Windows 7 x64, loaded all the drivers (in order) from the P8H67-V's accompanying DVD.
Rebooted a few times, examined BIOS a few times, everything looked cool so I loaded up a couple DirectX game demos to get an idea of what a $110 CPU+GPU could swallow....and it CHOKED.
At native 1280x1024 resolution, with quite minimal shadow and alias settings, I was seeing maybe 5 fps - definitely less than 10. I got over my initial shock and bumped it down to 1024x768 with all effects off and still the animation was unwatchable - maybe 20 fps or so.
So, to my question: CPU-Z shows the graphics as "Intel HD Graphics 1000 (GT1)", which conflicts with the spec sheet's HD Graphics 2000, and in fact this branding is non-existent on Intel's site. I tried loading newer drivers from ASUS (same results) and even newer drivers from Intel (same results). I read so many good reviews about 3D performance with these CPUs...am I missing something? Any suggestions aside from buying more hardware?
Many thanks.
ASUS P8PH67-V board with HDMI, DVI, & VGA
Intel i3-2120 @ 3.3 Ghz
2x2GB G.Skill DDR3-1333
500GB Western Digital SATA/6Gbps
The board seems nice, even includes USB 3.0, which I thought was cool. I left out any dedicated graphics, thinking the iGPU in the Intel Core i3 was quite capable. Got it booted with Windows 7 x64, loaded all the drivers (in order) from the P8H67-V's accompanying DVD.
Rebooted a few times, examined BIOS a few times, everything looked cool so I loaded up a couple DirectX game demos to get an idea of what a $110 CPU+GPU could swallow....and it CHOKED.
At native 1280x1024 resolution, with quite minimal shadow and alias settings, I was seeing maybe 5 fps - definitely less than 10. I got over my initial shock and bumped it down to 1024x768 with all effects off and still the animation was unwatchable - maybe 20 fps or so.
So, to my question: CPU-Z shows the graphics as "Intel HD Graphics 1000 (GT1)", which conflicts with the spec sheet's HD Graphics 2000, and in fact this branding is non-existent on Intel's site. I tried loading newer drivers from ASUS (same results) and even newer drivers from Intel (same results). I read so many good reviews about 3D performance with these CPUs...am I missing something? Any suggestions aside from buying more hardware?
Many thanks.