How Powerful Is The iGPU In The 6700K..?

[snowdog1971]

I'm about to build a new machine, already got my 6700K and will be getting the rest next month.

Am also getting an Asus Maximus Ranger VIII motherboard and16GB of DDR4 too but one thing I'm wondering is this: can the iGPU replace my Radeon HD 2GB 4870 GPU..? Or isn't it powerful enough..? It's quite an old GPU but it's a great performer.

I'm thinking of selling my current machine to help contribute to the cost of the new one but there's no on-board GPU for it.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[davida76]

The 6700k igpu is slightly slower than an Amd A10 7850k igpu so on that basis I'd say your 4870 has the edge but I doubt by a great deal. The 7850k gpu is slightly weaker than a Radeon 7750 and from what I recall the 4870 beats that.

 

[joeyjojo]

According to this your 4870 is better than Intel HD 530 graphics (which the 6700K has) but not as good as Iris Pro 6200 graphics (Broadwell).

Depending on what you need it for you might find the integrated is good enough.

 

[snowdog1971]

That's great, thanks guys. I'm playing Elite Dangerous at the mo with Medium settings, if the worst comes to the worst I can always play with lower settings for 6 months or so. Cheers!

 

[P4Clock]

the Vram on the 4870 would be a big advantage for running a game

 

[pandem0nium]

The 4870 doesn't support DX11 and no longer gets any driver updates.

Even something like a used 7850 2gb would be a big improvement and will support DX12.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would have got the Core i7 5775C if you intended to use the IGP!

 

[drunkenmaster]

It depends entirely on what you want to do with it, are you talking about performance in encoding video, or playing games, or just desktop(though you'd rarely need performance for it). What is the main aim of the computer, is gaming the most intensive thing you do?

If you want to game mostly and you have any option to send the 6700k back I would do so. A 4690k, or even a much cheaper cpu + any semi modern 70-150 gpu will absolutely destroy a 6700k/4870 in all games out there.

If you need the 6700k for performance in work or other apps and gaming is a side thing it's a totally different story. It's also of course possible you can't send the 6700k back in which case the point is mute. But I suspect from your post that gaming is the most important performance factor of your computer, in which case a decent graphics card + a basic CPU is a hugely better option than an expensive CPU plus iGPU or very old graphics card.

In almost every game available a last gen i3 + a midrange gpu would be significantly faster and allow far higher quality settings in games.


Without knowing what you use the computer for advise is difficult, I mean if the only game you play is minecraft then an igpu is fine.