Is Intel® HD Graphics 3000 a good card?

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Originally Posted by Jello743

I'm thinking about getting a new laptop, and I was wondering if Intel® HD Graphics 3000 is a good card. Will it run POTCO on it's highest settings and capabilities?

P.S I know nothing about this stuff :/

That Intel® HD Graphics 3000 chipset will struggle handling "Low" graphic settings on most applications.

Laptops are never good for gaming, but, read step 5 for a solution for that.

1) They overheat a lot on excellent graphic settings (High)

2) They usually have a processor-based onboard graphics chip that's trash for all games out in the market today

3) All Intel Intel® HD Graphics chips in general are cheap as ever and won't run today's demanding applications.

4) You'll always lag with this graphics chip on all games.

5) If you want a laptop to play games on, be sure it at least has an AMD or Nvidia-based Graphics Card already built into the machine.

AMD or Nvidia cards are dedicated components meant for graphic processing (Gaming, Video/Photo Editing, CAD design, Graphic Design, etc). These are the laptops you want. The ones that have these cards in them. Not Intel chipsets.

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is mobile intel 4 series express chipset family worse than Intel® HD Graphics 3000?

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Originally Posted by Jello743

is mobile intel 4 series express chipset family worse than Intel® HD Graphics 3000?

Intel isn't known for making good graphics cards. They make good processors, but I wouldn't trust them for anything other than your processor.

For Graphics cards, you'll want an NVIDIA or ATI Radeon. Avoid anything that doesn't have that name on it.

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Originally Posted by Jello743

is mobile intel 4 series express chipset family worse than Intel® HD Graphics 3000?

Generally, a higher # series means greater improvements to the chipset's rendering and processing abilities.

So, yeah, a intel 4 series express chipset would perform slightly better than the 3000 series chipset.

However, I do not recommend either.

I suggest you keep looking for a laptop that has at least a dedicated graphics card installed in it, AMD or Nvidia, that way you won't have to worry about getting the worst performance play from games ever on your new laptop.

Intel chipsets share memory with the CPU for graphics processing. This will just put more load on the CPU and give you horrid gameplay frame rates. CPU is better for instructions that do not include display intense graphics and stuff.

Keep looking for a laptop with an AMD or Nvidia card in it.