Question for iGPU users.

[Miki mac fiddlement]

How was your experience when using iGPU of any CPU whether its AMD's Ryzen (g version) or the Intel Core series (Non-F version) CPUs etc?

I want hear your thoughts about it, whether it was good or bad, also I am just curious since I don't see it getting asked often.

[Let it all out]

Bad.

[Castyles]

Neutral.

Most AAA games had to be played on low, though.

[_I_]

they are better than nothing
but any dedicated gpu is better than them

they can be ok for video encoding, a minor help vs cpu encoding

and desktop/browser/office tasks they are more than enough

[Dutchgamer1982]

5700g came out in 2021.
it still the most powerfull apu

at that time of launch.

the
rtx 1030

would be what you woud otherwise use to get display. and it was like a crappy 30 euro card.


and the vega 8 aboard tgat cpu was a solid 40% slower.

if we compare it to the even than bottom of the barrel card for gaming.. the 1650

it did reach a mere 30% of its performance..

so no apu never ever came close to being usefull..


if we had like a rtx 3050 and and ryzen 5600x integrated into 1 chip.. with lower cost and powerdraw than those 2 parts seperately.. that could be interesting.. but igpu performance never came close to that.

igpu is just a waste of cpu performance for gamers and just usefull for office users that not need a dedicated gpu anyway.

what counted in the 80s still applies :

if you game get a cpu without grafical output.. it will run cooler and better than one with it.

if you run office get one with it.

never ever pair an apu with a dedicated gpu.

[emoticorpse]

I can experiment with the igpu on my 7900 non-x later on today. I'll probably do that and post a couple results of games running on 1080p.

[Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.]

IGPU is the GPU of the poor man.
It does its job.

GPU=car
iGPU=bicyle

I think this sums it up pretty good.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

AMD aGPU > Intel iGPU

(but both still blow compared to any dedicated GPU - unless it is a Chinese ripoff GPU).

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

ryzen 2500 u in laptop, i can play tekken and killing floor 2 well with it. tomb raider is too choppy
ps3 emu can play many ps3 games, couple choppy

[Dutchgamer1982]

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. の投稿を引用：

IGPU is the GPU of the poor man.
It does its job.

GPU=car
iGPU=bicyle

I think this sums it up pretty good.

no.

4090 = jetplane
4080 = airplane
4070 = sportscar
4060 = car
3050 = bicycle
1030 = walking

igpu = a baby crawling barely...
it technically DOES allow you to move from A to B... but don't ask how..

don't diss a bycle I don't even own a car irl.. us duch do everything on a bike.
a bike is FAR more usefull than an iGPU is;)
we don't all live in car infested usa.. where riding a bike means your death.

[Pocahawtness]

Depends what you are using it for.

I have a media PC who's job is displaying vidoes. It's absolutely fine for that.

[N3tRunn3r]

iGPU for Desktop and Browser stuff
dGPU for Games and 3D Software ..

strong and new upcoming iGPU's (Intel Iris/Arc/Xe2) can even handle 3D Games ..

Windows & NVIDIA Control Panel to auto-switch between em

[emoticorpse]

I was going to experiment with my 7900 igpu, but then I just Googled it and saw the results too disappointing to even want to bother wasting my time with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9QUr-vMOX0

[Illusion of Progress]

The last time(s) I used onboard graphics for any significant length of time (weeks to months at least) was long ago. I can think of two times.

The most recent was over a decade ago with whatever came on the G41 chipset on the socket 775 platform. That couldn't even run Minecraft of the time well. It was only temporary on a secondary PC while I didn't have access to me primary one for a couple of months.

The time before that would have been a longer time where I actually daily used it for a stretch of time (many months). That was the days of "Intel (un)Exteme Graphics". I was mostly limited to doing 2D stuff of the time with it.

I think I "tried" the onboard HD 2000 series on the Core i5 2500K once but it wasn't for more than a day (not even) so I don't count that. That couldn't even do Minecraft today either (think it needs HD 4000 minimum for OpenGL requirement reasons and that's Haswell or maybe some Ivy Bridge too).

I've heard modern video is better but it merely seems to be advancing with discrete stuff so I don't think it's gotten better relatively. I think the Ryzen 8000G stuff coming is still going to be slower than a GTX 1060 and that's going to be 8 years old soon and was midrange at the time. And when you remember that's substantially faster than the current fastest, which is also faster than all the stuff Intel has out... then I'm not sure I buy into how good modern onboard is. Maybe it does lighter or older games and/or at reduced settings, but older onboard was like that too. Not incapable, but not what I'd want to be limited to.

[N3tRunn3r]

Why should a 100kW GPU constantly run at 30% just for your low desktop stuff, if an iGPU can efficiently handle it at no cost.

[Dutchgamer1982]

N3tRunn3r の投稿を引用：

Why should a 100kW GPU constantly run at 30% just for your low desktop stuff, if an iGPU can efficiently handle it at no cost.

low desktop office and browsing stuff aka crawling like a baby.

also a 1030 is like 20W.. not 100W
and even the worst gpu is just 450W not 10000W

granted an 1250U uses 9-25W and has an very crappy build in igpu.. which likely do just fine for your office tasks.