Is an Intel HD 4600 sufficient?

[jonny123456]

I'm in the market for a new laptop, and one of the ones I'm looking at has an Intel Core i5-4200M processor and 8GB RAM, but no dedicated graphics card. Instead it has an Intel HD 4600 built in (to the CPU I think...)

I'm not a gamer (nor do I plan to be), but will use the laptop to play movies/videos on a daily basis (in a variety of common formats) etc, and will possibly at some point in the future output the video to be viewed on a TV.

Is an integrated graphics card (specifically and Intel HD 4600) enough to handle this, or should I be looking for a laptop with a discrete card?

 

[Talesseed]

It is sufficient !

 

[Hazza G]

For all their problems, the haswell chips actually have quite good integrated graphics. As long as you are not planning on gaming or video rendering or doing CAD work etc. it should be fine. Before I got my graphics card I was running a 1440p screen off of the chipset graphics, and it was working a treat for desktop and movies.

 

[Talesseed]

I've also a MacBook Pro who has also a Intel Graphics 3000.
He's able to play Minecraft at 40 fps (1280 x 800)

 

[jonny123456]

Thanks for the input. Definitely reassuring