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Alessandro17

Mar 9 2008, 03:15 AM

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...s-graphics-game

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AMD RELEASED THE 780G chipset yesterday, and it is going to change the graphics game. The firm has done the seemingly impossible - made an integrated graphics part that does not immediately draw ridicule from all sides. It is actually good.

I am not a big AMD fan, but I hope this is the beginning of a new era for integrated graphics.

apowerr

Mar 9 2008, 04:45 AM

Wow, those numbers are pretty astonishing. This would be particularly useful in notebooks since its low on the wattage.

Alessandro17

Mar 9 2008, 06:21 AM

QUOTE (erei33 @ Mar 9 2008, 05:45 AM)

Wow, those numbers are pretty astonishing. This would be particularly useful in notebooks since its low on the wattage.

Exactly. Years ago both my sister (first) and I had notebooks with integrated graphics which sucked beyond belief.

U.C.

Mar 9 2008, 06:34 AM

Woah. I want a MacBook with that. Finally gaming on laptops.

SpeedfreaK

Mar 9 2008, 09:27 AM

i dont think that apple will make macbooks with amd chipsets

i think that this is quite useless because when you are a gamer, you'll need much more power and when you're not a gamer you don't need such 3dmark scores.

Alessandro17

Mar 9 2008, 09:45 AM

QUOTE (SpeedfreaK @ Mar 9 2008, 10:27 AM)

i dont think that apple will make macbooks with amd chipsets

i think that this is quite useless because when you are a gamer, you'll need much more power and when you're not a gamer you don't need such 3dmark scores.

There are people who need a notebook but can't afford an Alienware, and yet would like to play the occasional game.
Similarly there are people who buy desktops but can't afford to spend a lot of money,
My first hackintosh had a GMA950 after all, and I could play some simple game.

U.C.

Mar 9 2008, 12:10 PM

AFAIK the performance of a 3200 is more or less equal to a 2400. Thus I really think it will satisfy my need to play TimeShift with Med-High Settings at 1280x800. My 2600XT is not that much more powerful than the 2400. So Gaming should be pretty good on it.

intel352

Jan 12 2009, 02:21 AM

My wife's computer has a 2600 HD installed, and performance on my computer (with 3200 HD) is about the same. Pretty damn good value for an IGP.
Nice stop-gap until I get a separate card.

your mother

Jan 12 2009, 03:21 PM

Too bad you can't install vanilla OSX on AMD platforms

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