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

[lebob23]

Most people don't buy gaming level chips so if intel takes out the bottom of the market, it will take most of its share and then the only way that nvidia will survive is if they jack up their prices

[Deks]

Most people don't buy gaming level chips so if intel takes out the bottom of the market, it will take most of its share and then the only way that nvidia will survive is if they jack up their prices

Main question here is IF Intel does that.
Thus far, it would appear that AMD's Trinity is a VERY promising alternative, and seeing how AMD has a tendency to offer cheaper solutions compared to Intel, I would argue there's a real possibility that they could easily dominate the bottom of the market.

[Redteam]

Would I be right in thinking that for 720p gaming at low detail an Ivy Bridge i5 with HD4000 would run much cooler vs Ivy i5 with nVidia 525M (or 6 series equivalent)?
Reason I ask is that I had a laptop where the nVidia 9800M GT SLI died from heat, and it put me off discrete graphics cards. I am hoping that HD4000 will be a cooler running alternative.

[HTWingNut]

Here's some quick testing of the HD 4000 in Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM compared with AMD 6620G. Not looking so great.

HTWingNut's Sager NP6110 / Clevo W110ER First Look & Review

[KLF]

So it got 4822 3dmark06 in your review.

My 8510w scores 5700 points with t9300 and Quadro FX570. I haven't bothered to run any newer benchmarks with it since it would only make me sad...

[HTWingNut]

So it got 4822 3dmark06 in your review.

My 8510w scores 5700 points with t9300 and Quadro FX570. I haven't bothered to run any newer benchmarks with it since it would only make me sad...

So the Llano beats your Quadro? lol. ouch. Time to upgrade.

[KLF]

Upgrading needs money :P I wouldn't take anything less than new Elitebook to replace old top-of-the-line workstation.

Besides that laptop can still run fluently enough several virtual machines under 2k8r2 server and that's all I need for now

[HTWingNut]

You have the patience of Yoda. I would never have the patience to hold out for so long with a laptop. Although I understand the desire for a new Elitebook. I'll be jealous when you do! Then again, I have a few desktops over six years old and still get used, but like you said, if it works for what you need it for then why change? They're used mainly as light HTPC's, one in my kids' room and one in my basement with big screen TV.

[IntelUser]

Here's some quick testing of the HD 4000 in Ivy Bridge i7-3610QM compared with AMD 6620G. Not looking so great.

HTWingNut's Sager NP6110 / Clevo W110ER First Look & Review

The CPU is throttling pretty bad. 3610QM should get close to 6 points. The iGPU is probably doing the same.

[HTWingNut]

The CPU is throttling pretty bad. 3610QM should get close to 6 points. The iGPU is probably doing the same.

Are you referring to Cinebench? For whatever reason it was pegged at 2.3GHz which I don't understand because Prime95 it will run 3.1GHz all day long.