Hypothetical: Running games with just E7-8890v3

[Ender_Wiggin]

As a hypothetical question, would a computer running just a Xeon e7-8890v3 processor (18 cores, 2.5 GHz, hyperthreaded) be able to run video games decently? If it would not, would a quad processor system such as the Supermicro quadprocessor mobo for the E7-8890v3. This would hypothetically be without any gpus?

 

[Red Penguin]

you cannot,because the xeon doesn't have an iGPU(integrated gpu)

 

[Ender_Wiggin]

you cannot,because the xeon doesn't have an iGPU(integrated gpu)

I kind of figured as much. The question arises mainly because the CPU's from the past (meaning early 2000s) were capable of providing graphics, but maybe not the graphics of which I am thinking. Would I be correct in the statement that a processor can handle graphics as long as it can be provided in a linear fashion and/or is similar to retro style games?

 

[Red Penguin]

the xeon e7-8890 is a server processor and is meant to be used in servers with graphics cards,so it cannot provide graphics.There are many cheaper cpus that can provide graphics,like the AMD A-series APUs and some intel i7's,i5's and i3's

 

[Ender_Wiggin]

the xeon e7-8890 is a server processor and is meant to be used in servers with graphics cards,so it cannot provide graphics.There are many cheaper cpus that can provide graphics,like the AMD A-series APUs and some intel i7's,i5's and i3's

Well I thank you for that, but that is something I already knew. A better question would be in regards to whether Pentium 4 had a igpu? If not, was a gpu integrated into the family chipset motherboards that were sometimes oem? These types of boards may not exist anymore as a system build option.

 

[LookItsRain]

I dont quit understand your question here, that xeon does not have an igp, so you cant use the computer without a graphics card. With a graphics card you can run games, or with a mobo with integrated graphics you can.

 

[MasterMace]

Not sure why you'd want to spend $7200 on a cpu, but the only reason you'd want to use Xeon CPU(s) for gaming is for higher PCIe lanes for your graphics cards, as well as opening up the CPU bottleneck - like if you were benchmarking 4 way SLI/XFire (or gaming with it).

 

[de5_Roy]

As a hypothetical question, would a computer running just a Xeon e7-8890v3 processor (18 cores, 2.5 GHz, hyperthreaded) be able to run video games decently? If it would not, would a quad processor system such as the Supermicro quadprocessor mobo for the E7-8890v3. This would hypothetically be without any gpus?

that xeon's die doesn't have an igpu like some lga11xx xeons (-P suffix, usually) or mainstream core i-cpus. so you can't even get display off it let alone run games. you'll need a discreet gfx card. afaik, if server motherboards include on board gfx, it's for display purposes only as xeon-based systems are used for workloads other than pc gaming. you'd need a consumer discreet gfx card for gaming.