intel extreme graphics question... :)

[soki]

Hi people I want to ask you about the new graphic chipset that come with the new intel 845G chipset.... How it scores? Better that a Voodoo3 or a tnt2 or even a geforce2 mx card?
Thanx

 

[AMD_Man]

"Intel Extreme Graphics" perform worse than a GF2MX200. That's probably in Voodoo3 territory.

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[chuck232]

Hmmm... 3D Mark scores with a P4 2.26B and DDR RAM, it scores ~1700 IIRC.

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[Crashman]

OK, the TNT2 performed better than the MX200, but worse than the MX400. I think the Intel integrated graphics are in the MX200 performance class.

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[Spitfire_x86]

It has no Hardware T&L Engine. Although performance is equalvent to GF2 MX200, lack of Hardware T&L Engine means that if a game needs Hardware T&L Engine, you would not be able to run the game.

 

[chuck232]

You sure about that? I thought it was like the MX series, when there was pixel shaders needed, the CPU had to do the extra work or something. Just makes it real slow.

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[eden]

No, you got it wrong a bit. Pixel Shaders is a unique to DX8 cards only feature. Because it and only it can create the new graphics. Any card however can run Vertex Shader games, just slow depending on the CPU.

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[chuck232]

Oh... :tongue:

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[eden]

Ironically, I think you were the one who taught me this!!!

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[chuck232]

You sure about that :tongue: . So can I play a game like Commanche4 with a DX7 card? Wouldn't it just be slow cause the CPU would have to fill in the stuff the gfx card can't? Or is it just something like, it omits those features, so it'd be faster?

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[eden]

I thought Commanche was very Pixel Shader intensive, since the water effect is another impressive thing.
Besides, the friggin programmers made the game CPU intensive, yet the graphics don't feel like they hog the card's performance...
I personally don't know the tech behind that game and how much Vertex and Pixel shading they used, all I know is the CPU intensiveness makes it a very stupid move by the programmers, because the GFX are not THAT much impressive IMO.

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