New Sandy Bridge Driver Boosts Game Performance

[Alvin Smith]

Don't get TOO excited ... This only applies to those running INTEL HD Graphics.



'Sandy Bridge' driver update boosts Windows game performance

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"This major graphics driver update for 2nd generation Intel Core processors with Intel HD graphics improves game performance by up to 37% on ULV platforms," Intel said in a statement

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20109037-1/sandy-bridge-driver-update-boosts-windows-game-performance/

 

[boiler1990]

Going to update my Toshiba Portege R835-P56X! Thanks!

 

[Outlander_04]

37% improvement is impressive

Before that integrated graphics could run Crysis at 8 fps and now it will run at a much smoother 11 FPS?

 

[boiler1990]

37% improvement is impressive

Before that integrated graphics could run Crysis at 8 fps and now it will run at a much smoother 11 FPS?

IMO it's somewhat impressive than integrated graphics can perform at ~1/3 of a crappy discrete GPU. It says something about how far R&D has come.

 

[AdrianPerry]

I'm presuming this will also help Lucid Virtu?

Although that seems buggy as hell and constantly needs re-installing. Probably not even worth having it enabled with my 560Ti, but never mind I like to feel like my Z68 was worthwhile ^.^

 

[boiler1990]

I feel like my battery life has dropped a little bit (updated about 10 minutes ago). Maybe like 1-2 hours off the predicted, but we'll see.

 

[Alvin Smith]

Run two ( or 3 ? ) of these, in series.

http://www.batteriesinaflash.com/deep-cycle-lead-acid/6v/trojan-l16re-b-6v-370ah-flooded-lead-acid-deep-cycle-battery

 

[boiler1990]

That'd totally fit in my laptop bag, and is probably lighter than my books.