Intel HD Graphics 2500 Desktop and poe

Hi,

i am not sure, if i should invest in a i5-3570T cpu.
It has the Intel® HD Graphics 2500 integrated.

Is this gpu fast enough to play poe on a satisfying level?

Solo on low details, it's fine. Party of 3 or more will have a big performance hit. If it's a stopgap measure to hold out until you can afford a good discrete video card on sale, then do it... if it's a permanent solution, I'd say save your money and play some different games until you can get the better graphics card for PoE.

And don't buy AMD card, if you will save up. I've got myself an Radeon R9 270X, and I'm still getting 20 FPS spikes all over the place. Just get nVidia.

Thank you very much for the advice.

No, Intel 2500 is not really good enough. I played on Intel 3000 for a while and while it's doable, it's not very nice at all.

Why are you looking at Sandy Bridge CPU's anyway? You can get Intel 4000 or higher with the newer generations.