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Quote from radist:

If you're only using one monitor, my understanding is that the graphics is already integrated into the Sandy Bridge i7 2600K -- so no card is needed at all.
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Depending on how many monitors you want to drive. I'm told (and unconfirmed) that to use another graphics card that the integrated one will have to be turned off.

I'm also told that the main reason the 2600K benchmarks so good is due to the integrated graphics, and that the benchmark drops significantly when an auxiliary graphics card is used. Also the 1155 socket boards have limited PCI-E lanes (32? 28?), hence the limits on how many PCI-E boards will actually run at 16x. The 2600K/1155 is not an Enthusiast platform.

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Sandybridge 2600K may not be what some of us are looking for.
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3063466#post3063466
 
Quote from Canoe007:

Depending on how many monitors you want to drive. I'm told (and unconfirmed) that to use another graphics card that the integrated one will have to be turned off.
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"Integrated graphics", with all of its limitations, is about TRYING TO SAVE $20! If $20 means that much to a trader, he'd be better off washing dishes for a living.
 
Quote from Scataphagos:

"Integrated graphics", with all of its limitations, is about TRYING TO SAVE $20! If $20 means that much to a trader, he should be washing dishes instead.
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Except, if you'll only be driving the number of monitors the Sandybridge integrated allows you (one, two?), it's integrated at a much higher speed than the old "on-MB" implementations of budget GPUs. It's not a $20 GPU equivalent, but $200, $300.
Won't work for me, but for some...
 
Quote from Canoe007:

Yup. Exactly it. The Sapphire.
The Diamond has reports of hardware/build issues, and company support reported as problematic.
I didn't check other brands, due to the good reports about the Sapphire and price. Check to see what mini-DP adaptors it comes with vs. which you need.

Also means I can use a micro-ATX MB! ;-)
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If you intend to go with Eyefinity 6 (double wide) PCI-E card and a PCI-E SSD, you'll have to check out the available PCI-E lanes for your MB. Particularly if it's a Sandybridge. Make sure everything PCI-E you plan on having will run at the speed (number of lanes) they need or you expect it to.

Multi-monitor on 2600K/1155 may not be the way to go...
 
Quote from Canoe007:

Except, if you'll only be driving the number of monitors the Sandybridge integrated allows you (one, two?), it's integrated at a much higher speed than the old "on-MB" implementations of budget GPUs. It's not a $20 GPU equivalent, but $200, $300.
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BULLSHIT! You can disable the "onboard video" and run BETTER from any PCIEx16 video card which costs $20-$40.
 
Quote from Canoe007:

Yup. Exactly it. The Sapphire ... Check to see what mini-DP adaptors it comes with vs. which you need.
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For three monitors I need Adaptors: 2 additional Accell Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (graphics card package includes only 2) $40.00
 
Quote from Scataphagos:

BULLSHIT! You can disable the "onboard video" and run BETTER from any PCIEx16 video card which costs $20-$40.
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Nope. With almost all integrate video you'd be absolutely correct. But with Sandybridge it's a whole new architecture. The GPU is integrated within the CPU case, possibly even on die. I'm told the CPU and GPU communicate at cache speed, so any handshaking between CPU, cache and GPU happens much faster.

Also, watch out for some new MBs coming out. Apparently with 8700 series integrated GPUs on MB.


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Watch the "bs" comments. I don't know how tolerant they are of that here and we're getting some good points ironed out for people to weight for their needs. Shame to lose that.
 
Quote from radist:

For three monitors I need Adaptors: 2 additional Accell Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (graphics card package includes only 2) $40.00
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Remember, the graphics card will only drive four monitors with passive adapters. Monitors five and six have to be Display Port or you'll need Active display port adapters to drive them.
 
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