Hey all,
I was just curious about how much of an improvement the GMA x3000 integrated graphics will be. I know that right now it's not that great because of a lack of drivers or something, but I'm interested about how it will be when it's had the bugs worked out.
I ask because I am looking into buying a new laptop soon. I have made an effort in the past to purchase laptops with discrete graphics, but having that just eats the battery life up.
So, how good will GMA x3000 be? I know integrated graphics will never be able to compete with discrete graphics, but it just might be good enough.
Yeah, I'll admit I play some games on my laptops. I also run other programs for work that operate more efficiently with discrete graphics. So it's twofold for me. Still, my work programs will run on integrated graphics, if barely.
Problem is, I don't really know what the difference is between the integrated graphics and a low end graphics card from several years ago. Except that integrated shares the systems RAM and is pretty much welded to the motherboard (or something).
The graphics card I've got now in my computer is an ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 with 128 MB memory. It's several years old. So how would the GMA x3000 stack up to something like this? Seems to me like they'd be similar, and this one works great.
Thanks in advance for any help or explanations that you can offer.
CT
I was just curious about how much of an improvement the GMA x3000 integrated graphics will be. I know that right now it's not that great because of a lack of drivers or something, but I'm interested about how it will be when it's had the bugs worked out.
I ask because I am looking into buying a new laptop soon. I have made an effort in the past to purchase laptops with discrete graphics, but having that just eats the battery life up.
So, how good will GMA x3000 be? I know integrated graphics will never be able to compete with discrete graphics, but it just might be good enough.
Yeah, I'll admit I play some games on my laptops. I also run other programs for work that operate more efficiently with discrete graphics. So it's twofold for me. Still, my work programs will run on integrated graphics, if barely.
Problem is, I don't really know what the difference is between the integrated graphics and a low end graphics card from several years ago. Except that integrated shares the systems RAM and is pretty much welded to the motherboard (or something).
The graphics card I've got now in my computer is an ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 with 128 MB memory. It's several years old. So how would the GMA x3000 stack up to something like this? Seems to me like they'd be similar, and this one works great.
Thanks in advance for any help or explanations that you can offer.
CT
