Intel HD Graphics 4000 is as good as a 48 shader Nvidia card?

[DarkSiren]

Sounds like Intel is really pushing to get the Monopoly.

Can't believe the Intel HD4000 is on par with a AMD 5000 mobile card.

What will they do next? Stick Ram and SSD into the CPU and just do away with all other hardware.

[HTWingNut]

Don't get too excited, it's not that powerful. It's ok for 720p gaming at low/medium detail, but not much more. Definitely a welcome improvement, but far from replacing dedicated GPUs or RAM or storage.

[Meaker]

Source: AnandTech - The Intel Ivy Bridge (Core i7 3770K) Review

Still behind llano, let alone trinity.

Also no where near a proper 5000 series chip.

[Mr. Wonderful]

Source: AnandTech - The Intel Ivy Bridge (Core i7 3770K) Review

Still behind llano, let alone trinity.

Also no where near a proper 5000 series chip.

It's hard to believe it's such an improvement, but still so bad.

[Tinderbox (UK)]

My last two notebook had HD3000 and Windows Calibration never stayed set, even with all Intel start-up`s disabled, and i use to get video corruption with you tube video`s on both notebooks, different brands, latest flash player, and video driver`s

Everything works great with AMD Graphics, but AMD`s driver updates don't work with Dual Amd graphic notebooks, they do not see the dedicated gpu, so it`s not all roses with AMD either.

John.

[Althernai]

Source: AnandTech - The Intel Ivy Bridge (Core i7 3770K) Review

Still behind llano, let alone trinity.

That's comparing to the desktop Llano which has a much higher TDP than Ivy (even given the usual discrepancy between how Intel and AMD compute TDP). If you look at the laptop version, you'll see that it's roughly equal to Llano (better in some cases, worse in others). It will be behind Trinity, there is no doubt of that, but the latter is quite formidable.

[Cloudfire]

Yup, Althernai is correct.

[Tsunade_Hime]

Don't get too excited, it's not that powerful. It's ok for 720p gaming at low/medium detail, but not much more. Definitely a welcome improvement, but far from replacing dedicated GPUs or RAM or storage.

Considering the Intel GPU beats AMD's GPU for performance to wattage/heat ratio, I think that alone is worth getting over AMD. Also look at the average joe schmoe, HD 4000 is WAY overkill for them. Llano, Trinity is great for budget gamers, but average consumer would be better off with Intel CPU + on board graphics considering all they do is Youtube, Word, emails, also Intel gets better battery life than AMD, which is something I hope AMD fixes so they can remain competitive in the low budget section.

[Meaker]

Yup, Althernai is correct.

Granted, the A8-3500M/3520M aren't the fastest Llano parts, and the Llano systems we tested were both using DDR3-1333 memory.

Yes, compared to gimped setups.

[Altair4]

If Intel made a dedicated 100w gpu for laptops...