good for gaming?
2007-09-09 16:12:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Ugh, no, not good for gaming.
I have a Sempron 3000 with that graphics processor and ran the benchmarks on it, really really slow. The benchmarks ran which means you should be able to play the games but at minimum settings and pretty poor frame rates (lots of detail lost and not smooth).
I threw in a really cheap ($39) ATI Radeon 2400HD and my 3d performance was about 4x faster. I then tried an Nvidia 8400 and my 3d (gaming) performance was about 6x faster. However, going from 2-3 frames a second to 14-18 frames per second doesn't mean that the other video cards would be great for games either.....
...just show that the integrated video is pretty lame.
In short, the games will run (which is more than the Intel GMA or S3 integrated graphics can say) but it will not give good gaming performance and even a very cheap new card will improve the machine a lot.
2007-09-09 16:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by Jason T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SLOW for gaming. It is integrated graphics that just share memory from system RAM. Good enough for 2D (office apps) and video. Just install a good graphics card for exciting game performance.
2007-09-09 18:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋