topic Re: HD3000 and GPU installed - maintaining DirectX compatibility? in Graphics

HD3000 and GPU installed - maintaining DirectX compatibility?

idata — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:24:14 GMT

Up to this point, I have been using the HD3000 graphics built in to the I5-2500K CPU and it suits my basic graphics needs just fine Someone just gave me an EVGA GT 430 GPU that I would like to try out. As I understand it, the HD3000 IGPU only supports DirectX 10 where as the GT 430 supports DirectX 11. If I want to maintain the ability to still use my HD3000 IGPU, should I just avoid upgrading to DirectX 11? Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Re: HD3000 and GPU installed - maintaining DirectX compatibility?

DArce — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:56:18 GMT

Intel® HD Graphics 3000 is able to support DirectX* 10.1.

You can install DirectX* 11 manually in a system and still use a hardware compatible with DirectX* 10.1 as this video controller and the system will still operate as 10.1 complaint system (no need to rollback).

One thing you may take under consideration would be installing a new processor with Intel® HD Graphics 4000 that uses the same socket type (LGA1155) after checking for compatibility with your motherboard manufacturer. That way you may get a system with DirectX* 11 and take advantage of the video capabilities that Intel® HD Graphics video controllers will give you such as Intel(R) Quick sync Video 2.0, Intel(R) inTru 3D techonology, Intel(R) Clear video.

For a list of newer processors featuring Intel® HD Graphics 4000 and the LGA1155 socket (the same of the current processor you have), you can refer to this URL:

http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&CodeNameText=ivy&Sockets=LGA1155 http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&CodeNameText=ivy&Sockets=LGA1155

Re: HD3000 and GPU installed - maintaining DirectX compatibility?

idata — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:12:00 GMT

Thank you. I did not check my DirectX version before installing the GT 430 but now I see after running DXDIAG that my system is running DirectX 11 and not 10 like I presumed it was. Thanks for the advice but I am sticking with my I5-2500K CPU that I very easily overclocked to 4.5 GHz for a while.