intel i3 2100 and "old games"

delukard

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Hi i was Wondering , i want to play the following games and have 2 builds to play them.

Unreal, Deus ex, Sacrifice, HL1 + expansions, diablo2
This will be played on a P3 900mhz and a 9259 pci and an audigy 1(old pc)

Now this is my gaming pc (haven't upgraded)
Intel i3 2100
amd r9 270
8gb ddr3
soundblaster arena headphones (x-fi integraded)
Asus motherboard (xp compatible)

Was thinking of playing these games
Deus ex IW, thief deadly shadows, Splinter cell PT and Chaos theory, half life 2,doom 3, L4D- Silent hill 2, Soul reaver 2 , LOK Defiance .

I want to remove my r9270 and use the intel i3 igp (don't want to use the r9 to play these old games, want to save on Electricity bill LOL)
Will the IGP run these games at 1080p or 720p? at max settings? anyone have tried any of these games?
Ty for the help anyone
 
There really aren't any benchmarks for the IGP for games this old, but considering that those games were made to run on GPUs from a decade ago, there's little reason to think that it won't run the games extremely well.

The wisdom of this plan really depends on where you are. If you're in the United States, it's almost impossible for this plan to make any sense - you'd essentially need to run an R9 270 for 5 hours a day every single day at maximum load in order to cost you $3 in electricity, and that's a completely unrealistic scenario.