I am not a good judge of Intel's graphics because I have never ran it alone. I have a discrete card installed (Nvidia GeForce GTX 670) and I use LucidLogix Virtu MVP. Which supposedly switches back and forth according to load.
I know I play Assassins III with no problems and the card is rated 7.9 with Win 7.
I just recently sold my HD 5770 and it scored a 7.4/7.5 on my system as well. I also don't think those tests accurately reflect what the HD4000 graphics will do, because according to everything I've read there is no way mine should run games as good as they do. I have no explanation for it either. I would agree it is equivalent to something in the HD 5000 series. In a flat out foot race, I would say it is close to a 5770, even though the WEI numbers are a full point lower.
Ok thank you
What you have to remember is that depending on your system, there will be some games that it won't even turn on, and others that it will run wide open. It is, in NO way, a substitution for a dedicated graphics card for someone who is a real gamer. It only does what I need it to at the moment, and I see its limitations. What are you comparing it to?
I was just wondering
KBrady, if you were referring to me, I have a 670. During my build, I had removed the card during bench testing, so thought just as a test I would try out the Intel graphics. It did fine for me, just would not even open BF3 though. I tried it several times with a 3770K, it just didn't have the horse power, I guess.
What part are you referring to Essenbe? I think all of my posts were for pedro.
Sorry, I think I know what you were referring to and that was for Pedro. I was meaning that if his CPU doesn't have the ass to back up the graphics, he may have different results with the HD4000 graphics. And clearly, BF3 is out of range of the graphics, even with that beast of a CPU.
Sorry for the confusion buddy.
No problem, and I agree with you 100%. I just wasn't sure whether you were addressing him or me. Not to worry, it would take a whole lot more than that to offend me. I have pretty thick skin.
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