How should I handle graphics temporarily?

[mikegoob]

With my new system build I have held off on buying a GPU card for budgetary reasons. Currently I have

i7 4790k
250GB SSD
Asus Z97 Pro MB
16 GB RAM

I was planning on just using the onboard intel graphics until I got my GPU. If it fares well I can hold off longer and afford a better and better card.

I'm only watching videos, some tinkering in photoshop, stuff like that.

Now, I have an old Radeon 6800 series card from my old computer. Would it be worth installing it temporarily--just to pull it later-- or wait for a new card?

Ideas?

 

[ImDaBaron]

If all your doing is surfing ect then I would just wait. Buy yourself a GTX 970 when you get the chance.

 

[coolcole01]

put the 6800 card in it will do much better than the integrated chip

 

[mikegoob]

its an old card--is it really better than the new i7?

 

[Khaleal]

I don't see any reason why not to install the GPU you already have.. If it doesn't improve things (It will BTW) it won't hurt anything!

 

[coolcole01]

It is a great amount better than the integrated gpu

 

[mikegoob]

I guess I'm thinking that installing the drivers and 'gpu related software' will be a hassle later on when I'm installing a totally different card.

Will it be hard to get rid of the drivers, etc.?

 

[mikegoob]

And I just switched over to win 8.1 totally new to me. Making me nervous about installing/uninstalling stuff...

 

[coolcole01]

Nope it will be fine

 

[Onus]

If you are not playing modern 3D games, the old card is probably not going to do anything for you. You've got plenty of RAM to allocate to the iGPU.
If you do want to play some newer games, however, you'll want to add the old graphics card, even if it is "only" a HD6850.

 

[mikegoob]

Thanks guys.

 

[Guest]

I'd say use the Intel graphics for now until you can get a new card. I have to say though that I started to use the INtel HD 4600 in my 4790k but the picture looked washed out and dull. It was horrible. I instead installed my very old 256MB Leadtek 7600GT (from 2007) which has a much better picture. I'm sure the Intel handles better fps but picture quality was rubbish!