mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

awgamer wrote:

OC the integrated HD 4600 GPU on the 4770/4790k by 15% and you have your answer, and now the current integrated GPUs have moved up to the 8800 ultra & GTX 285 level. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-gr … iew,3107-7.html

If Intel stuck those integrated GPUs into their lower end CPUs, then we would have a good alternative to AMD's APUs. 😉

Oh, and Intel does stick them in the lower end CPUs, $75 pentium g4500 has the same GPU as the 6700k.

what about a 650i SLI board from an XPS 630i with an E8400 CPU attached? Would that work? I could say downgrade the CPU to a Core2 Duo E4400 which is about as fast as a 939 X2 4800+

well it works with its e8400.

it gets over 30k 3dmark03

awgamer wrote:

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

awgamer wrote:

OC the integrated HD 4600 GPU on the 4770/4790k by 15% and you have your answer, and now the current integrated GPUs have moved up to the 8800 ultra & GTX 285 level. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-gr … iew,3107-7.html

If Intel stuck those integrated GPUs into their lower end CPUs, then we would have a good alternative to AMD's APUs. 😉

Oh, and Intel does stick them in the lower end CPUs, $75 pentium g4500 has the same GPU as the 6700k.

You're kidding me. Welp, I think I know what I'm gonna look into for my next build.

Remember, intel dropped xp driver support, only good for windows 7+.

awgamer wrote:

Remember, intel dropped xp driver support, only good for windows 7+.

That doesn't bother me to be perfectly honest. I used to be an XP evangelist, but Win7 is my OS of choice now that I know how to tweak it to my liking. Most of the things I absolutely need XP for can be done in a VM, or theoretically on period hardware. 😉

So as far as CPU goes, what do yall think?

Keep E8400
Put in E6420 or E4300 I have laying in a drawer
Buy Pentium Extreme Edition 960
Or Buy Pentium 4 570

candle_86 wrote:

So as far as CPU goes, what do yall think? […]
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So as far as CPU goes, what do yall think?

Keep E8400
Put in E6420 or E4300 I have laying in a drawer
Buy Pentium Extreme Edition 960
Or Buy Pentium 4 570

Keep E8400 - Yeah, you have it and it works.
Put in E6420 or E4300 I have laying in a drawer - Why?
Buy Pentium Extreme Edition 960 - Why?
Or Buy Pentium 4 570 - Why?

If you can answer any of the "why?" above to your own liking, why not? 🤣

just more retro with the older CPU's more in line with the time of the 7800GTX don't ya think?

My E8400 could drive a GTX580 just fine, and is still very useful for all but the most demanding games, its a tad modern

candle_86 wrote:

just more retro with the older CPU's more in line with the time of the 7800GTX don't ya think?

My E8400 could drive a GTX580 just fine, and is still very useful for all but the most demanding games, its a tad modern

If you want to keep it single core and period correct CPU wise the Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.73 could be an option. The P4 EE 3.73 is just a Prescott 2M with 14x multiplier, any Pentium 4 6xx can mimic it perfectly as long as the motherboard lets you set 1066 Mhz FSB and use the 14x multiplier which they all support as its the SpeedStep idle multiplier. Many people have a P4 EE 3.73 without knowing it, they just run it underclocked! 😜

well considering the board is running a 650i chipset I have support for up to 1600mhz FSB, 1066 should be painless