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Source: Anandtech
Besides the mash up of TDP (battery life) and pricing with all these laptops, it still provides an interesting comparison of what to expect performance wise from these different combinations.
Quote:from AMD we have a Llano prototype with an A8-3500M APU and integrated HD 6620G graphics. There are faster clocked Llano APUs in terms of CPU performance, but by default all of the A8 GPUs run at 444MHz with 400 Radeon Cores. Second is our Trinity prototype laptop with and A10-4600M (HD 7660G graphics), running 384 Radeon Cores at a substantially higher 686MHz clock
Quote:From the Intel camp, we tested three different laptops. On the low end of the spectrum is a Dell Vostro V131 with i5-2410M CPU and HD 3000 graphics. We also tested with a quad-core i7-2820QM and HD 3000 graphics to see how much the slightly higher IGP clocks and significantly faster CPU matter with Diablo III. The third laptop is the ASUS N56VM Ivy Bridge prototype, with an i7-3720QM CPU and HD 4000 graphics
Source: Anandtechfrom NVIDIA we've got the same ASUS N56VM with i7-3720QM, only this time we've enabled the GT 630M graphics. We also ran some tests with an Acer AS3830TG that has an i5-2410M CPU with GT 540M graphics. Finally, we also have in a second Clevo W110ER in for review, this time from AVADirect, with an i7-3610QM and GT 650M graphics.
Its probably like SC2, optimised for 2 threads so scales with cpu frequency (and ipc) rather than cores.
HD3000. there's your problem lol.Originally Posted by KOBALT
I just tried it last night because my main card died in my rig. I was not impressed; especially after playing tons of hours on my GTX480. I even turned all the settings down. This is a new lappy i bought for school about a month ago.
Toshiba Lappy. 17.3", 1600x900, New Core i3, 4GB RAM, Intel HD3000.
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The HD3000 and HD4000 driver is the same, it's always had a driver, even since launch.
I wasn't planning on gaming with it, so the GPU wasn't a issue for me. I don't think 17" is too big. I'm all about big screens as long as it's a decent resolution. If I wanted a smaller screen, I'd use my netbookOriginally Posted by dklimitless
HD3000. there's your problem lol.
it runs pretty well on my old studio xps 1640 (C2D 2.4Ghz, AMD 4670M ) at 1600x900 ( around 30fps on average with everything on high and anti-aliasing turned off).
CPU use is minimal so I am inclined to believe - as mentioned above - that it probably scales more with frequency than with core count. Installing on my sig rig now so i'll verify that in a bit
[btw, isn't a 17" waayy to big for school? :s .... especially considering that the same specs could easily fit into a 15.6" form factor ... ]
I love how well the game runs on lower end hardware though - means a lot more people will be playing it (hopefully, even convert some casual gamers)
Seriously? I've got 4GB of RAM and a P8600 on my MBP and I can barely run it on low at 1440x900. :/
Nope. Sc2 is way more CPU heavy.
I hope people now understand that a balanced laptop is good to have.
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That is kinda hard to believe
True, but like I said. I wasn't planning on gaming with it. This was for school only. AND, for the $379 price tag, getting a 17.3", 1600x900, 4GB, Core i3 Sandy, 750GB is a pretty sweet deal. I wouldn't expect it to have anything more in the GPU dept.
I get you.Originally Posted by KOBALT
True, but like I said. I wasn't planning on gaming with it. This was for school only. AND, for the $379 price tag, getting a 17.3", 1600x900, 4GB, Core i3 Sandy, 750GB is a pretty sweet deal. I wouldn't expect it to have anything more in the GPU dept.
My GTX480 died last night, so I just tried DIII for the heck of it. I mean, it's playable but I'm just used to everything maxed out and smoother graphics. I'm sure my buddy with his Dell PC, would think it looks fine on my laptop. I played MW2 and it wasn't too bad either. But, it was just to see and maybe feed my gaming tweaks a little.
I'd rather have the laptop I just bought along with my spare video card that I have for my main rig in such an unfortunate occasion as this
I hope people now understand that a back-up graphics card is something you should always have for the RMA process.
(EVGA lifetime warranty FTW!)