[SOLVED] Z690 motherboard required me to buy a separate GPU. Did I waste money?

[mujmuj]

I didn't know Z690 motherboard didn't have the graphics on it already. So last time I asked this question about why my monitor isn't turning on. After installing GPU, the monitor turned on.

But my only purpose of using this computer is to use a statistical software which will run 30GB big data to conduct statistical analysis. So I am wondering if I wasted my money on having to buy a GPU because I bought a motherboard which requires a separate GPU. I consider any component that doesn't speed up my big-data statistical software is a waste of money.

If the answer is yes, then I will buy a motherboard that has a graphics already. But how can I find motherboard that is at least as good as Z690 (like supporting DDR5) which has graphics? Any way to choose the criterion on NewEgg?

 

[rgd1101]

dont' think any good motherboard have graphics. need a cpu with igpu.

and you still haven't said what cpu you have. how hard it that to type that in

 

[ThatVietGuy]

You didn't answer the question in the last topic - what CPU is installed?

The Z690 will output video on its own just fine, but it needs a compatible CPU in order to do so.

 

[Lafong]

I didn't know Z690 motherboard didn't have the graphics on it already.

I think some motherboards did "have the graphics on it already"......................a long time ago.

Nowadays, many CPUs have integrated video. If you use one of those, you don't need a separate GPU for many purposes...quite possibly your purpose. If you were a serious gamer type, you would.

Whether you wasted money depends on:

1; what CPU you have

2; if your graphics needs can be met without a separate GPU

I haven't used a graphics card in over 10 years.

 

[DSzymborski]

You can use a CPU with integrated graphics, but in your last thread on this topic, you never supplied that information despite several posters asking for the information repeatedly.

The last mainstream consumer motherboards that I am aware of that had graphics integrated into the motherboard itself is some early budget Gigabyte AM3+ motherboards that were actually AM3 motherboards from 2008 retrofitted to use AM3+ CPUs.

So again, you don't have to buy a GPU unless you buy a CPU with integrated graphics, which means no recent Intel CPUs with an F in the model name and no recent AMD CPUs without a G in the model name.

We can give you better advice tailored to your specific hardware, but you'd need to actually tell us what CPU you're using.

 

[geofelt]

If your cpu is a model with a F at the end, you can not run integrated graphics and did need a discrete gpu.
OTOH, if your processor did not have an F at the end, you did waste by buying a discrete graphics card.

Usually, a non F processor which includes integrated graphics will cost about $25 more.
A very good deal if you do not need fast action graphics for games.

 

[mujmuj]

@rgd1101
@ThatVietGuy
@Lafong
@DSzymborski
@geofelt

I assembled a computer that has the following components.

• Crucial P5 2TB PCIe M.2
• GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G(GV-R65XTGAMING OC-4GD)
• ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming 4/D5 INTEL
• Crucial DDR5 4800_32G
• 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900KF

So as @geofelt said, it has "F" in the end. That was the culprit! Oh too bad I didn't know this in advance.