was reading about the latest intel integrated gfx intel 3000... this one is almost on par with geforce gt330!

bloody hell....

no need to buy laptop with dedicated gfx to play some of the mainstream game anymore!

i beg to differ.

this doesnt look too shabby IMHO

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Added on January 18, 2011, 1:18 pmoh here's further info from

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-N...ok.43709.0.html

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Intel advertises its Sandy Bridge in particular with the incorporated graphic's enormous performance reserve increase, which will make the weak entry level graphic cards more or less obsolete in the future.

3DMark 2006 (1280x1024) supplies 5275 points and surprisingly is on the high level of a Geforce 9600M GT, a strong midrange graphics card two years ago. A GT 130M doesn't quite achieve this result with about 5000 points, while the GT 330M has only a slight lead with 5382 points (Sony VPC-CW2). Our test configuration achieves 1387 points with the Intel HD Graphics enabled in 3DMark Vantage. This is also on a comparable level as a 9600M GT or an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 (1200 – 1300 points) and slightly behind a GT 130M (1595) or a bit in front of a Geforce 310M (1177 points in Asus' U30JC).

The mentioned graphics cards on a comparable level clearly illustrate the new incorporated Intel graphic's obviously extreme performance increase. The prior GMA HD reached up to 2000 points in 3DMark 2006 and a maximum of 340 points in 3DMark Vantage, for example. This would be an increase of more than 150%, respectively 300%. That is a multiple increase of the given performance reserves.

This post has been edited by dagnarus: Jan 18 2011, 01:20 PM

Sony VPC-CW2 this unit is using i5, and your unit is i7

i wonder if that's actually what drive the mark higher?

in all honesty, low end dedicated gfx card is nearing its demise.