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.