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Unfortunately my graphics card blew up today so I was stuck with a system that couldn't game! Or that's what I thought! Today, I decided to fool around with the Intel HD 3000 graphics, and see what performance I could get out of it. The HD 3000 is roughly equivalent to the Amd Radeon 5450, which is a $30 dollar graphics card. While owning a 5450, I investigated overclocked performance of the HD 3000. It was surprising that I was able to overclock the IGP (Integrated Graphics on Processor) from a stock 850mhz to a whopping 1700mhz! This is a 100% overclock, but what performance gains does this bring us?
System Specifications:
i7-2600k @4.5ghz 1.31vcore
Asrock z68 Extreme 4 Gen 3
16gb Patriot Sector 7 ram
Antec HCG 620W psu
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Intel HD 3000 Graphics 1.7ghz
Unfortunately I do not own that many games, so I will be reviewing games that only run on Direct X 9, which is the sweet spot of the HD 3000.
Gaming Performance:
All games are played at 1920x1080 (1080P)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
This game runs on Direct X9 and is fairly new, however what performance does the HD 3000 bring us in this game?
Settings used:
*note* if you can't see the settings, CLICK on the image!
These are high details, but you may think the HD 3000 can't handle these settings! This is surprisingly not true! I was also surprised that we were able to get these framerates:
Results gotten from a 120 Second Fraps Benchmark.
MW3 Multiplayer:
Min, Avg, Max,
23, 38.6, 61
MW3 Singleplayer:
Min, Avg, Max,
32, 42, 61
Not only was I able to play the game pretty smoothly, image quality was also pretty good!
The only noticeable thing was anti-aliasing, however FPS games move so quickly it is something that can be ignored.
Portal
Like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Portal runs also on Microsoft's Direct X 9. This allows the HD 3000 to run games easily!
Settings used:
*note* if you can't see the settings, CLICK on the image!
Performance:
Min, Avg, Max
29, 46, 65
System Specifications:
i7-2600k @4.5ghz 1.31vcore
Asrock z68 Extreme 4 Gen 3
16gb Patriot Sector 7 ram
Antec HCG 620W psu
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Intel HD 3000 Graphics 1.7ghz
Unfortunately I do not own that many games, so I will be reviewing games that only run on Direct X 9, which is the sweet spot of the HD 3000.
Gaming Performance:
All games are played at 1920x1080 (1080P)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
This game runs on Direct X9 and is fairly new, however what performance does the HD 3000 bring us in this game?
Settings used:
*note* if you can't see the settings, CLICK on the image!
These are high details, but you may think the HD 3000 can't handle these settings! This is surprisingly not true! I was also surprised that we were able to get these framerates:
Results gotten from a 120 Second Fraps Benchmark.
MW3 Multiplayer:
Min, Avg, Max,
23, 38.6, 61
MW3 Singleplayer:
Min, Avg, Max,
32, 42, 61
Not only was I able to play the game pretty smoothly, image quality was also pretty good!
The only noticeable thing was anti-aliasing, however FPS games move so quickly it is something that can be ignored.
Portal
Like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Portal runs also on Microsoft's Direct X 9. This allows the HD 3000 to run games easily!
Settings used:
*note* if you can't see the settings, CLICK on the image!
Performance:
Min, Avg, Max
29, 46, 65
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