Dedicated Vs Integrated Video GPU?

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TitanFury

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I was wondering if someone could explain what the difference is between the two. I'm working on a nice gaming PC and everyone keeps telling me to buy dedicated but they won't tell me why or what the difference is. I don't know a lot about computers so try to explain simply if you can. Thank you.
 
A dedicated video card is just that, dedicated for one task. If your going to be gaming, you do not want a cpu with integrated video. You won't get decent performance from it. As I said in your other thread, I do not recommend going any lower than a 7870 if going amd or 760 if going nvidia. You will not get performance from the onboard if you will be playing call of duty or battlefield series. Onboard is fine for hd videos and online games that don't require any demanding power.
 
Yep!

Dedicated = Actual independent card that needs it's own PCI slot and it looks like this:

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Integrated is a GPU that is part of the CPU, and integrated has made some great gains recently, but there isn't one that's more powerful than a GT 440.
 
@johnb35

thanks man, I appreciate it. Secondary question though. Seeing my specs in my other thread, would I also need to upgrade my motherboard to support a bigger GPU?
 
TitanFury said:
@johnb35

thanks man, I appreciate it. Secondary question though. Seeing my specs in my other thread, would I also need to upgrade my motherboard to support a bigger GPU?
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I've looked in the previous threads but couldn't find what kind of motherboard (mobo) you have, that being said I seriously doubt you would need to upgrade the motherboard to accommodate a new GPU, what you may need to worry about is a new psu. PC's with integrated graphics typically have low wattage PSU's to keep costs down, adding a GPU will increase power demand in your PC and you need to make sure your PSU can handle the extra power.
 
aara0123 said:
I've looked in the previous threads but couldn't find what kind of motherboard (mobo) you have, that being said I seriously doubt you would need to upgrade the motherboard to accommodate a new GPU, what you may need to worry about is a new psu. PC's with integrated graphics typically have low wattage PSU's to keep costs down, adding a GPU will increase power demand in your PC and you need to make sure your PSU can handle the extra power.
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System: AMD A4-5300 3.40GHz Dual-Core
AMD A55 Chipset
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD
Genuine Windows 8 64-bit
Graphics: Radeon HD 7480D GPU

Those are my specs now
 
Twiki said:
When you do get a video card, make it at least 128 bit.
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You mean 256-bit. 128-bit is slow as hell these days. 128-bit is pretty much reserved for low profile cards anyway, which wont do alot better than onboard or integrated graphics.
 
It was an improvement on mine but yeah, I'm not a gamer. I just wanted to see the text and the video better.
 
G80FTW said:
You mean 256-bit. 128-bit is slow as hell these days. 128-bit is pretty much reserved for low profile cards anyway, which wont do alot better than onboard or integrated graphics.
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7770 is 128 bit and it can game fairly well. Especially compared to what the OP has now. Seems so many people on here forget that the majority of people don't need maxed out graphics and 60 frames all the time. 7770 is a pretty competent card for mid range gaming as long as you're not expecting maxed settings one everything.

7770 would do a helluva lot better than any integrated card you'll be able to find.
 
It's a good card. I had an HD6670 and it did well. I upgraded to the 7770 so I can put the 6670 in my i3 system. :)

Oh by the way, the HD6670 doesn't need a power cable as it draws from the slot.
 
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