Onboard Graphics
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Building a new rig, using my existing graphics card (for now) and adding a touchscreen (dell 2418).
To the point, if the setting is available in the BIOS (to allow on board graphics to work while my regular vid card is also working) is there any reason that I would NOT want the integrated graphics to run the HELIOS/YAME setup by ICE?
Would it be slower, a hit on Falcons fps, or would it help?
Common sense says to me it would help, but the technology may say nope.If it’s a certainty that it will NOT be advantageous then my existing vid card can drive both.
But if there IS an advantage, I have to make sure that one of the following is true:
1. I can use HDMI from my main card, while using HDMI from the integrated graphics.
2. The motherboard MUST have a DisplayPort.There are lots of nicely featured mobos out there, but remarkably few under 200 with HDMI AND Display Port.
AOC 2757 hdmi vga
EVGA 660ti display port hdmi dvi-d
Dell 2418 display port hdmi vga
Upgrade is/ undetermined motherboard, Kaby Lake 7700k, 16 gig ram, Samsung 960 Evo, Nvidia 1080 (in a couple of months) Dell Touchscreen.
If the chart makes sense, it’s apparent that if I CAN use the onboard chip to a benefit, then the MOBO MUST have Displayport,
Anyone knows the answers regarding the simultaneous use of the 2, fire away with any advice.
Thanks,
Tril -
I’m not 100% clear about what you’re asking here but if you read my FPS Testing thread, you will see that I have three screens plugged into my GPU, 1 screen plugged into my motherboard’s display output, and 1 screen via a laptop docking device (USB). If you look at post #39, my framerates were averaging 46-50. Post #51 had my average framerates at 45. Both of these was on a 5-screen setup. Go back to post #23 when I had a 4-screen setup (only one touchscreen and all were plugged into GPU), I had an avg fps of 44.6…. so “offloading” the touchscreen to the motherboard/USB had little impact, really.
You can read more about my dual-GPU adventures on that thread too. Good luck!
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I’ll head to that thread in a sec. To clarify, I was wondering 2 things
1. Does it help fps (you’ve answered that one)
2. Can a person use HDMI from the GPU for main screen, while using HDMI from the onboard graphics at the same time?
There are a ton of motherboards out there that would fit the bill if the answer to the second question is “YES”
If it is “NO” then I’m trapped into using a much more expensive board because my inputs and outputs dictate I would need DisplayPort.
I was more than a little surprised to see that there are only a handful of mobos under 175 that have DisplayPort.
Off to read your threads, and thanks ICE
Cheers,
Tril -
I’ll head to that thread in a sec. To clarify, I was wondering 2 things
1. Does it help fps (you’ve answered that one)
Not 100% sure, may be different depending on mobo/GPU combo or depending on AMD vs. nVidia GPU, but for my tests, minimal effect.
2. Can a person use HDMI from the GPU for main screen, while using HDMI from the onboard graphics at the same time?
Not really tried this as I’ve always connected my screens via DVI-to-DP adapter cables and my GPU HDMI slot has been taken up by my Vive connection. When you read my thread, you’ll also see that I had issues using HDMI on my motherboard output; I ended up having to use another DVI-to-DP adapter cable. My motherboard has HDMI output and DP output and I had issues when using both… and actually ended up with higher fps when using just the DP output then driving the other touchscreen via Targus (laptop dock). See post #74 for this.
There are a ton of motherboards out there that would fit the bill if the answer to the second question is “YES”
If it is “NO” then I’m trapped into using a much more expensive board because my inputs and outputs dictate I would need DisplayPort.
I was more than a little surprised to see that there are only a handful of mobos under 175 that have DisplayPort.
Off to read your threads, and thanks ICE
Cheers,
TrilHope that helps and good luck!
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I ran a 20" with the MFD and gauges off the Intel CPU inbuilt GPU and main screens on the Dedicated GPU.
I cant say it helped FPS but it seemed to reduce GPU heat output a tad. Yes I had decent cooling on the CPU.