nVidia FX3700 vs IBM HD 4600

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So really curious, googled this but I think this is a really rare question so it didn't pop up much info.

Backstory, scored an FX3700 with some used stuff I bought and now I now why the guy 'tossed it in' as a bonus- it would overheat and die after about 5 minutes of up time.

I changed the heat sink compound, didn't get better- kind of makes sense as the GPU temp did not go over 55c when it craps out nor would the fan ramp up, but the case was getting really hot.

Manually ramped up the fan and it lasted a little longer, then artifacts would show up and it would die shortly after. So did the bake-it-in-the-oven trick and BAM, works great.

SO anyhow, I'm curious, how would this thing stack up to my other rig's i7 with what I think is IBM's HD 4600? I know the 3700 isn't meant for gaming, but still curious.

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Isn't that thing from like 07? They used it in the imacs so I doubt it.

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Its worth like $20 on ebay hahaha.

I downloaded a bench mark a few days ago but will have time tonight to run it. This will be interesting and fun. Will post the results.

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So I used the Heaven Unigine bench test, I didn't even bother changing the default settings except one run with Direct x11, then Direct x9.

I didn't do a youtube worthy test where I took comprehensive notes, but drum-roll--- the FX3700 and IBM HD 4600 are pretty much neck and neck. They both got about 8-10 FPS through out the test though I swear the IBM seemed smoother visually. So kudos to IBM for integrating into that CPU the power that is on an almost equally sized discrete chip from long ago.

I want a 'real' GPU but I get a feeling the upcoming GPUs will not be the typical incremental gain but VR is pushing the industry to step it up a notch, so playing the waiting game.