Question Intel i-7 12700K Integrated Graphics or GT 740 SC 2GB (Please don't laugh)

[asif2005]

I just finished building my new PC. I have not bought a GPU yet. I was waiting to see how things go with the GPU I have in my current PC but I am questioning myself.

I will buy a new card if I need to but at this point, I only need to know if i7 12700K integrated graphics is better/superior than my GT 740 SC 2GB. If thats the case, I won't even bother putting on 740.

My only requirement at this point is to have dual monitors and my new mobo has DP and a DVI so I am covered. The GT740 has two DVI ports.

Thanks in advance!

 

[punkncat]

The UHD graphics is really close, maybe a small amount better. More importantly I don't think the 740 is still supported for driver updates. The dedicated VRAM in the 740 is so small by today's standards that I wouldn't really call that a plus. I would save the power and use integrated in this case.

 

[beyondlogic]

I just finished building my new PC. I have not bought a GPU yet. I was waiting to see how things go with the GPU I have in my current PC but I am questioning myself.

I will buy a new card if I need to but at this point, I only need to know if i7 12700K integrated graphics is better/superior than my GT 740 SC 2GB. If thats the case, I won't even bother putting on 740.

My only requirement at this point is to have dual monitors and my new mobo has DP and a DVI so I am covered. The GT740 has two DVI ports.

Thanks in advance!

they are incredibly close gt 740 2gb ddr3 i assume uhd graphics have come quite a long way that and the ddr3 would be a hinderance. and some newer applications wont work possibly with said card.

 

[BFG-9000]

GT740 is a pretty decent Kepler that is simply hobbled by the DDR3-1333 on that particular card which supplies only 28.5GB/s bandwidth, to the point it is sometimes faster than GT730 GDDR5 and sometimes not. This level of performance is equivalent to Haswell IGP performance from 11 years ago.

Surprisingly, the UHD 770 in 12700k is only about 50% faster than this.

So try the faster IGP first, but be aware that Intel really did not optimize their drivers for the kinds of very old games you would play at such performance levels, so the slower GT740 may still offer a more trouble-free experience. Yes, nVidia did recently discontinue drivers for Kepler and the expected last-ever driver in September never dropped, so the latest is 475.14 from July 2024.