Do I need a GFX Card with Haswell or...

[siwatkins]

I am upgrading an older machine with i5 3.4Ghz k version Haswell chip, new mobo, 16Gb memory, SSD etc.

I don't play games and will predominantly use my desktop for 2D Photo editing - possibly with dual 24" screens, or maybe a 27" hi res display of some kind.

In my old machine, I have a Gigabyte 7600GT which has been perfectly fine for the above needs and is silent with giant passive heatsink (Silentpipe II I think). Only has DVI out, not HDMI though if that matters.

I'm not really up to how onboard gfx have improved but I hear Haswell is pretty good. My question is will it be good enough as is, and will I get any advantage with my old 7600GT or shall I just omit for reduced complexity if the Haswell Gfx are comparable?

Or do I need a separate newer Gfx card?

Appreciate any thoughts,

Simon

 

[scotsdragon]

If its fine then id still use it no point in buying unless you want the upgrade

 

[siwatkins]

Hiya - yes, it's fine in itself, but I didn't know whether it would be faster or slower than the Haswell GFX given that there is maybe 5 years between them - if it's the same or slower, I'd leave it out, but if the GFX was even a little faster, it would be worth adding maybe?