
I chose Asus GeForce GT 430 with a cooling fan as a discrete video card for this comparison. I used Intel Core i3-2105 with Intel HD 3000 graphics in my old HTPC system and it has an excellent price to performance ratio and it provided enough performance for media center tasks.


Let’s find out which one is ideal for the home theater PC use. The testing methodology includes the following benchmarks: In this comparison, you will learn the main differences between an integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics and discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GT 430. When building a new home theater computer, a common question is whether you should run off the Intel HD 3000 graphics or do you need a discrete video card.
