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Experience with Win 7 and Intel Graphics = Awesome!
I just wanted to post about my experience with windows 7 on my laptop....
My Laptop specs are the following:
Acer Aspire 2930
Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 cpu @ 2.00GHZ and 2MB L2 cache
4GB of DDR2 RAM @ 800mhz
250GB HD
Intel GMA 4500MHD Graphics Core
I installed the RC version of Windows 7 32bit found on Microsoft's site and updated all the drivers ( Chipset, Sata controler, sound, video)
I updated the graphics driver from windows update -
And after all was installed - I couldn't believe how fast windows 7 was!!!
I mean, i downloaded a HD video encoded in H.264 and played it back in Windows Media Player 12 - and the cpu usage was around 4-5% average during video playback?!?! I couldn't believe that , especially with the intergrated graphics from Intel!!!
Wow, i thought Intel graphics were very bad - but after my expereince with windows 7 - I may totally wrong!
Please note, I do not do any gaming - and intel graphics just wont cut it for gaming - but for video playback and everyday stuff - Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics just work with windows 7 !
I'm just VERY pleased that my notebook acutally works better - SO much better when it comes to media playback! And HD video playback with very low cpu usage - was just unbelievalbe - with these Intel Graphics! (I didnt think it was ever going to happen/was possible)
What do you think?