intel gma x3000 or any other third party gpu.

well with the dawn of intel gma x3000 series.with 256 mb memory and supporting shader model 3.0 it has stepped in to the new era of integrated gfx.
which means many new recent games like mcrae dirt type games can get played with this.

now the question arises which one to opt for onboard gma x3000 or any other third party gfx.

please do mention your views.
thanks.

All Depends on ur Budget !!!! x3100 / x3000 is not as great a u mentioned... I agree its good but not as great as u said...

anyway refer here to for options.. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66140

onboard graphics r good only for playing atleast six months old games.

hey choto cheeta clear ur inbox.its full.

utsav said:
hey choto cheeta clear ur inbox.its full.

Off topic, Done !!!

I have X3000 and its not that great.It is good at playing games like NFS MW,max payne et all but games like FAR CRY and FEAR are not at all playable.So if you have money go for a dedicated graphic card.

Choto Cheeta said:
All Depends on ur Budget !!!! x3100 / x3000 is not as great a u mentioned... I agree its good but not as great as u said...

anyway refer here to for options.. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66140

well i didnt mentioned it is great. i just wanted to know your views about this topic. btw thanks for replying.

x3000 is a decent onboard gfx soln..
but any 7xxx + series nvidia gfx card can kick its arse...
Onboard gfx are never good for gaming..

To know which games are playable and which are not on x3000 refer this thread
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60232

quan chi said:
which means many new recent games like mcrae dirt type games can get played with this.
.

CMR dirt cannot be played on x3000
in fact its not even playable on nvidia 6600 graphics card
Minimum requirements are 6800 upwords

The_Devil_Himself said:
I have X3000 and its not that great.It is good at playing games like NFS MW,max payne et all but games like FAR CRY and FEAR are not at all playable.So if you have money go for a dedicated graphic card.

Buddy with new drivers Farcry can b played at high settings @1024
and plays FEAR at medium settings @800

Which drivers dude?Can you give some link?
edit:got the link

Although far cry was running smooth but there was blue colour in place of white sands so it was like only green and blue everywhere.Tried fear at lowest settings at 800x600 game was smooth but was lagging badly at corners i.e. at texture intensive parts so was unplayable.

all links and many more information is discussed here *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60232
continue the discussion in the above thread

Thanks dude.

One more question I have gma3000(Intel 946gzis) not x3000--so whats the difference?

The_Devil_Himself said:
Thanks dude.

One more question I have gma3000(Intel 946gzis) not x3000--so whats the difference?

Oops
Buddy thats no use
Because 3000 and x3000 are different
x3000 is only found in G965 boards
X3000 supports hardware TnL and vertex shares 3.0 on hardware
but 3000 doesnot support hardware TnL so many games will not b playable

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I have my system based on C2D E4300, ASUS P5B-MX/wifi, Kingston valueram 1 GB DDR2-667, 400 W Powersafe SMPS. I use integrated graphics memory of 256 MB. My mobo(Intel 946GZ chipset) supports Intel GMA 3000 which has Pixel Shader 2.0, Vertex Shader 3.0 (software) & Open GL 1.4 and no Hardware Transform & Lighting. Can anyone suggest me of some good race & action games for my pc.

^^why double posting *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=605864&postcount=2557