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32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 minimum — AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building
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Yes and no. There has been a HUGE jump in integrated graphics over the last five years. I'm guessing your Intel CPU is older and not one of the newer ones with Arc cores.
Integrated will never compete with a discrete GPU, but for indy and midrange titles you can now do without most of the time if your target is casual gaming (1080p and below, 60fps and under). The biggest issue is AMD and Intel don't do a very good job of showing which CPU models actually come with good GPU architectures as they often package older ones on budget models.