iGPU vs NVIDIA Geforce 210

[Reaper1242]

I'm going to be doing a quick upgrade for someone soon and they currently have an NVIDIA Geforce 210. The board they're upgrading to is the Asus P8B75-M LE with the Intel Core i3-3220.

I'm not too familiar with CPU's with iGPU's, it's been a while since I did a hardware upgrade. First off, I'm unclear as to how graphics would be handled in this case. Assuming you use onboard graphics and ignore the GPU. The mobo and cpu both have integrated graphics. How does that actually work?

As far as which is better.
I'm reading the Intel HD2500 isn't all that great but is it still not better than the Geforce 210? Also considering that the mobo's onboard graphics seem to be better than the Geforce.

So in this case, would it be better to use the Geforce or onboard?

 

[Pada]

Neither the GeForce 210 and HD2500 are powerful GPU's, so performance shouldn't really be a deciding factor IMO.

I'd simply go with the HD2500, because it :

• supports a newer version of DirectX
• supports more hardware acceleration / post processing features
• it would consume less power

 

[Reaper1242]

Neither the GeForce 210 and HD2500 are powerful GPU's, so performance shouldn't really be a deciding factor IMO.

I'd simply go with the HD2500, because it :

• supports a newer version of DirectX
• supports more hardware acceleration / post processing features
• it would consume less power

That was my thinking really. I did suggest a new card but their budget is a little limited and they really don't play overly intense games or anything. Doubt it would be a justifiable expense.