Will this bottleneck like crazy?

[foshizz]

Will an old quadro 3400 video card bottleneck an i5-3750 like crazy? I heard the new ivy bridges have amazing integrated graphics (compared to the past), but I was wondering if it would slow it down.

 

[nekulturny]

Ivy Bridge actually doesn't have very good integrated graphics, they are merely adequate at best (by 2012 standards). However, with an discrete graphics card installed, the integrated graphics will be disabled. The integrated graphics in my guess would be stronger than that height of 2004 technology quadro 3400. But thats just a WAG (wild ass guess) on my part.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

+1 to all of that. It depends on what you want to do really, but that particular Quadro is old and weak, even for what it was meant for (NOT gaming, of course. It would be absolutely TERRIBLE in gaming).

 

[maneil99]

Remove it, it is lower then a 6800gt. The intergrated will be better. I'd just get an i5 2500k and get a decent GPU

 

[foshizz]

I really want that ivy bridge. Any suggestion on a decently priced adequate video card?

 

[nekulturny]

For what? That old quadro is a workstation class card are you looking for a gaming card or the former? And whats your max budget?

 

[foshizz]

I want a decent gaming video card with probably 110 at max to spend, preferably less.

 

[nekulturny]

Kind of a tight budget, my guess is the best you could do would be a GTX 460, anything below that in 2012, you'd be hard pressed to call it a "gamer card".

$120 after mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130749

6850 $120 after mir again.. a little better than the 460.

 

[foshizz]

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