Graphics Card for 4k web browsing

[yuki468]

I'm using a desktop with Xeon E3 1245 v3 CPU and its HD P4600 iGPU. It has 16GB dual channel DDR3-1600 memory. The motherboard have 2 DisplayPort 1.2, so I connected it to a 4K monitor.

Daily operation works well at 4k60hz, which actually surprised me. However web browsing with chrome is slow, with usually ~20 fps and webpage crush time to time. Performance on Microsoft Edge is a little better. Decreasing the resolution to 1080p solved the problem.

So I guess this is because of the low performance of P4600? Will switching to a better graphic card help? If so, What's the cheapest graphic card that is able to output 4k@60hz, and web browsing smoothly?

Thank you for reading!

 

[Cioby]

Isn't that the integrated GPU? From your CPU.

Basically any GPU in the past 5 years will do better than that. On web browsing. Not in gaming off the browser. You just have to check under specifications what is the resolution it can handle. I checked the cheapest in my country still on sale, and the 710 gtx can run 4K.

 

[Cioby]

But are you also sure you have enough RAM to run intensive multiple web pages on Chrome? Even I use up to 5 GB on Firefox when watching a 11 hours streamed video.

 

[yuki468]

But are you also sure you have enough RAM to run intensive multiple web pages on Chrome? Even I use up to 5 GB on Firefox when watching a 11 hours streamed video.

Just updated my question. My desktop have 16GB memory, system memory is unlikely the cause.

I also checked 3DMark GPU score on

https://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/Intel+HD+Graphics+4600/review
and
https://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GT+710/review

It seems that GT710 is only marginally better than iGPU. Will it improve web browsing performance much?

 

[Cioby]

Well that's the cheapest I could actually find on a quick search. I also don't know how weak your CPU is honestly.
If you have the money I'd go for something like an AMD 370/470 or 1050ti which should be like 200$

But we don't have enough information on what you're using it for, twitch, netflix. And maybe you have issues with your browser, I would try a different browser before purchasing a new GPU. Or maybe a fresh install of Windows. A new GPU is a huge commitment for web browsing only.

From my own experience even on i5 3*** and i7 4770k, the integrated GPU is very weak and can lag a little even when just moving windows around. That's why a cheap GPU should be better regardless. If 710 seems too weak, try 720, 730, 750ti etc

 

[k1114]

A 710 is just as weak as the 4600. That will have no difference. A 730 would be a worthwhile increase relatively in performance but it is below modern intel igpus which do fine with 4k but it's a bad deal. A 1030 is significantly better and found for about the same price. 730 is about $60 and a 1030 is double the performance for $70. The cpu is in no way weak. There is no need for a $200 gpu.

 

[yuki468]

Well that's the cheapest I could actually find on a quick search. I also don't know how weak your CPU is honestly.
If you have the money I'd go for something like an AMD 370/470 or 1050ti which should be like 200$

But we don't have enough information on what you're using it for, twitch, netflix. And maybe you have issues with your browser, I would try a different browser before purchasing a new GPU. Or maybe a fresh install of Windows. A new GPU is a huge commitment for web browsing only.

From my own experience even on i5 3*** and i7 4770k, the integrated GPU is very weak and can lag a little even when just moving windows around. That's why a cheap GPU should be better regardless. If 710 seems too weak, try 720, 730, 750ti etc

The CPU is not weak at all. E3-1245v3 is essentially just a workstation version core i7 4770. Currently any visiting any picture intensive website, like arstechnica, will be problematic. I tried a NVIDIA Quadro 410 today, and the problem become worse. This is understandable since Quadro 410 is weaker than HDP4600. So I bought a 1050 today. Should solve the problem this time.

 

[yuki468]

A 710 is just as weak as the 4600. That will have no difference. A 730 would be a worthwhile increase relatively in performance but it is below modern intel igpus which do fine with 4k but it's a bad deal. A 1030 is significantly better and found for about the same price. 730 is about $60 and a 1030 is double the performance for $70. The cpu is in no way weak. There is no need for a $200 gpu.

Indeed. I tried an old NVIDIA Quadro 410, which is very similar to Geforce GT 710. Same # of CUDA cores, same Kepler architecture. The result become worse. Finally got an GTX1050 which should be more than enough.

 

[k1114]

A quadro 410 is significantly weaker than a 710. I'd put the 710 about 50% better so you can see why it got worse. I like to suggest throwing the spec sheet out the window. People get caught up on bits and pieces of the equation when only the end of the equation matters.