Is a dedicated graphics card always better than integrated even if the graphics card is low end?
I’m considering buying this PC. With a coupon I can get it for $750 good deal? – http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/load_configuration.do?destination=review&config_id=7183162&aoid=35252
It comes with a dedicated graphics card which seems to be pretty low end, which is fine since this wont be used for serious gaming, but if it comes to watching movies would there be much difference between the card on this computer versus integrated graphics?
The other PC’s I’m looking at have i5 processors and integrated graphics and are around $500 – $600. TBH the PC in the link may be way too much machine for what I’ll use it for but the price is tempting.
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In general, yes, because integrated graphic units always steal a portion of the system’s RAM, and RAM is always slower than dedicated graphic memory.
Always. There are maybe one or two exceptions, but you can usually always do better with a discrete GPU rather than an integrated.
The video card makes a big difference in graphics-heavy games.
However, if they aren’t playing games, most home & office will never notice any difference.
Don’t buy hp, i thought they were good, then I bought a laptop from them.
You can build that system for cheaper yourself or get it build similarly by a computer store for cheaper, hell, i could build a much better one with that same budget.
Really, building your own computer is the way to get your best moneys worth, and hp has shit customer service.
@YoKoolAid That is a good deal but I do agree with @XOIIO that HP is not the best manufacturer. I doubt though he (or anyone other than a manufacturer) can do better on price. That ivy bridge core i7 cpu thats in there is 300.00 by itself (checked new egg and amazon).. that’s not the board, ram, hard-drive, video card, power supply and case and license for windows 7.
@mrlaconic Theres a lot of price on brand name and shipping will bunmp it up to, i could buy e verything locally and build it for 600 instead of 850, even get a better graphics card if you dont put it in a fancy case, sure it looks good but you buy the computer to use, not to look at all day.
Ans lots of places have deals like homepremium free with a 1tb hard drive, which you would get anyways, and if you really want to save money pirate the copy, or repurpose an old licese (like i did from my laptop that crapped out, yes, the hp)
Recently built my new pc for about a 1000€, not including case, monitor, keyboard or mouse.
intel core i7 2600 + a bigger fan (scythe grand kama), which is nearly impossible to hear even at full speed.
corsair vengeance 16gb ram
seagate barracuda 2tb hdd
a gtx580
and a z68p chipset mainboard by gigabyte.
It is my baby and my pride and joy.
I will have to replace the psu later though, because, while it works for now, I am not completely confident about its capacity.
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