Our test is a quick FRAPS runthrough in the first level of BioShock 2. The performance improvement over last year's Clarkdale IGP is at least 30%, and more if you compare to the more mainstream Clarkdale SKUs. On the notebook side this won't be an issue but for desktops with integrated graphics, it is a problem as most will have the lower end GPU. The 2000 model isn't able to do as well, losing out to even the 890GX. The Intel HD Graphics 3000 enabled chips are able to outpace the Radeon HD 5450 by at least 5%. All settings were turned down/off and we ran at 1024x768. Our Modern Warfare 2 benchmark is a quick FRAPS run through a multiplayer map. While I wouldn't view Clarkdale as being useful graphics, at the performance levels we're talking about now game developers should at least be paying attention to Intel's integrated graphics. Even the HD Graphics 2000 is almost 30% faster than the fastest Intel offered with Clarkdale. It would appear that Dawn of War II is largely compute bound on these low-end GPUs.Ĭompared to last year's Intel HD Graphics, the performance improvement is huge. It's interesting to note the tangible performance difference enabled by the higher max graphics turbo frequency of the 2600K (1350MHz vs. The 5450 manages a 25% lead over the HD Graphics 3000 on the 2600K. Here the Core i7-2600K and 2500K fall behind the Radeon HD 5450. I ran at the lowest quality settings at 1024x768. At 112.5 fps, the 5570’s compute power gives it a 57% advantage over Intel’s HD Graphics 3000.ĭawn of War II is an RTS title that ships with a built in performance test.
What Sandy Bridge integrated graphics can’t touch however is the Radeon HD 5570.
The higher end HD Graphics 3000 is also 26% faster than a Radeon HD 5450. At 71.5 fps it’s 70% faster than Clarkdale’s integrated graphics, and fast enough that you can actually crank up some quality settings if you’d like. Both are faster than AMD’s 890GX and all three of them are definitely playable in this test. The Core i3-2100 and Core i5-661 deliver about the same level of performance here. The new Intel HD Graphics 2000 is roughly the same performance level as the highest clock speed HD Graphics offered with Clarkdale. Our benchmark is a FRAPS runthrough of our character through a castle. We ran at 1024x768 with graphics and texture quality both set to low. The third/first person RPG is well threaded and is influenced both by CPU and GPU performance. For a comparison of IQ between it and the Radeon HD 5450 I've zipped up originals of all of the images here.ĭAO has been a staple of our integrated graphics benchmark for some time now. Note that all of the screenshots used below were taken on Intel's HD Graphics 3000.
#Intel hd graphics 3000 gaming performance drivers#
We ran with the latest drivers available as of.
Nearly all of our test titles were run at the lowest quality settings available in game at 1024x768. These are the fastest representatives with last year’s Intel HD Graphics, but given the margin of improvement I didn’t feel the need to show anything slower.Īnd finally from Sandy Bridge we have three chips: the Core i5-2600K and 2500K both with Intel HD Graphics 3000 (but different turbo modes) and the Core i3-2100 with HD Graphics 2000. Both chips run at 3.33GHz but the 661 has a 900MHz GPU while the 660 runs at 733MHz. Representing Clarkdale I have a Core i5-661 and 660. I paired it with a 6-core 1100T to keep the CPU from impacting things. AMD’s 890GX is still the cream of the crop for AMD integrated for at least a few more months. On the integrated side we have a few representatives.
Both of these cards were paired with a Core i5-2500K to remove any potential CPU bottlenecks. This is more memory bandwidth and much more compute than the HD Graphics 3000 can offer.īased on what we saw in our preview I’d expect performance similar to the Radeon HD 5450 and significantly lower than the Radeon HD 5570. The core clock remains at 650MHz and the DDR3 memory interface has an 1800MHz data rate. Priced at a whopping $70, this GPU comes with 400 SPs and a 128-bit memory bus. The Radeon HD 5570 is a more formidable opponent. The 5450 will set you back $45 at Newegg and is passively cooled. That’s more compute power than the Intel HD Graphics 3000 but less memory bandwidth than a Sandy Bridge if you assume the CPU cores aren’t consuming more than half of the available memory bandwidth. The SPs run at 650MHz and the DDR3 memory interface has a 1600MHz data rate. The 5450 is a DX11 part with 80 SPs and a 64-bit memory bus. I dusted off two low-end graphics cards for this comparison: a Radeon HD 5450 and a Radeon HD 5570.
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