Lol I have never experienced a dedicated GPU either. My school computers have good enough GPU's to handle L4D2 so I just play that there....
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 1:41 AM, gma3100 <[email protected]> wrote: > for me i have never experienced the power of dedicated graphics (with > the exception of a geforce 6600 at my friends house) > so sad.... > luckily mad beast is here otherwise we would spend another 100 dollars > just to play sims 3.... > > On Apr 24, 3:21 am, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: >> lol, 295GTX is awesome....im not a pure fanboy btw, but for my kind of >> budget, ATI cards is the way to go, poor me.... >> and yeah, 295GTX is an extreme GPU IMO....but also are the ATI HD 59xx...all >> it comes to users choices and likings.... >> for my budget, i prefer either 9600 GT, HD 4650, or GT220....with a combo of >> AMD Athlon II x2 or Phenom II X3..that's my budget planing that is... >> >> although i want to point out something, recently i saw on notebookcheck.com, >> that intel HD graphics score 3102 in 3D Mark 2005...somewhat im suprise with >> that as i3 platform does perform well for basic gaming needs...but still, >> it's integrated... >> >> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Espionage724 <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> >> > I believe nvidia uses their own chipset instead of using an Intel >> > chipset, but if nvidia relied on Intel's chipset, then thats mad fail >> > beyond reason lol. >> >> > But I think nvidia uses nforce or something as their chipset? idk. >> > Someone with nvidia hardware go check device manager for SMBus and see >> > if drivers are installed. >> >> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM, THEfog . <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > Oh trust me, I'm not saying that intels GPU solutions are good, quite the >> > > opposite infact. But I'm not lying when i say that Nvidia Rule the GPU >> > > market, the reason that ATI(Aka AMD) has gotten a little headway lately >> > is >> > > due to the fact that nvidia have been holding off until Fermi is >> > completed >> > > and polished, I've had ATI cards before and the caused me nothing but >> > > trouble (on three completely different setups too) and also most of my >> > mates >> > > swapped over from ATI years ago (one swapped his 5950 HD or whatever for >> > a >> > > Geforce 295GTX). I don't have anything against AMD cause otherwise intel >> > > wouldn't have any competition in the market and they would get slack with >> > > their CPU's like they did with their GPU's. And just because ATI had DX11 >> > > support before any one else dosn't mean there was ANYTHING apart from >> > tech >> > > demos that utilized it, and Then by the time it was starting to be used >> > > nvidia had it, it reminds me of when your driving and the guy in the lane >> > > beside you speeds up to a insane speed just to get 2 cars ahead and then >> > > can't go any further, So he might as well just of stayed in his spot. >> > Kinda >> > > pointless if you ask me. >> >> > > THEfog >> >> > > On 23/04/2010 9:35 PM, "Hero" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Intel makes bad gpus, and they should feel bad. I stick with AMD not >> > > just as a fanboy, but someone who believes a good processor provider >> > > should make a half decent gpu >> >> >http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?... >> >> > > This will get the job done on max settings. >> >> > > -- >> >> > > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> > > Subscription settings:http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gam... >> >> > > -- >> > > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> > -- >> > Espionage724 Has A Signature... >> >> > -- >> > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> -- >> INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
