HD2000/3000

[Citizen]

Guy's,
Whats the difference between an HD2000 & HD3000 chip in terms of speed ( or whatever the difference is), and is the HD3000 worth the extra money you reckon?

thanks

 

[buzzlightweight]

3000

2000

double the power and depends on what you intend on doing?

 

[Citizen]

ah,that's a lot clearer, cheers!

 

[Orcvader]

Personally I'd get the K version anyway, so far they're the only SB chips you can properly overclock.

 

[ng93]

3000 is IIRC ~twice as fast as 2000, and is definitely the one you want.

 

[mmj_uk]

If you're serious about gaming then it doesn't really matter tbh, neither are really that good compared to the add-in GFX cards you can buy.

 

[buzzlightweight]

If you're serious about gaming then it doesn't really matter tbh, neither are really that good compared to the add-in GFX cards you can buy.

+1

 

[chippy08]

If you're serious about gaming then it doesn't really matter tbh, neither are really that good compared to the add-in GFX cards you can buy.

Very true if you want to game then dont use the HD3000 not good enough not even great for every day tasks for me the picture on my monitor always looks washed out.

 

[stulid]

3000 is IIRC ~twice as fast as 2000, and is definitely the one you want.

Ha, thats funny, because the HD3000 is utter pants, so the HD2000 must be awful.

 

[Tute]

To be fair, compared to the integrated graphics we've put up with for the past decade, the HD2000 and 3000 are actually quite decent, and okay-ish for low detail gaming at lower resolutions.

They basically make the low-end HTPC cards redundant.

But something like a GTX550/HD6750 would utterly walk all over them, and then some.

 

[stulid]

And ALL Llano chips.

 

[mysterymachine]

To be fair, compared to the integrated graphics we've put up with for the past decade, the HD2000 and 3000 are actually quite decent, and okay-ish for low detail gaming at lower resolutions.

They basically make the low-end HTPC cards redundant.

But something like a GTX550/HD6750 would utterly walk all over them, and then some.

I second this, the HD3000 graphics in my ULV i3 still amazes me.. maybe my standards are low but it copes really well with almost everything I've thrown at it (albeit not CoD MW3 quite..) for what it's designed for I sing it's praises but yes it's not dedicated GPU.. don't expect the same performance!!!

 

[Orcvader]

On the otherhand... http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/intel_ivy_bridge_performance_2,0101-317229-0-2-3-0-jpg-.html

The HD4000 seems to perform more than twice the HD2000. Seems like they're trying to compete against Llano better.

 

[stulid]

Seems like they're trying to compete against Llano better.

They have a long way to go then.

 

[Indy500]

On the otherhand... http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/intel_ivy_bridge_performance_2,0101-317229-0-2-3-0-jpg-.html

The HD4000 seems to perform more than twice the HD2000. Seems like they're trying to compete against Llano better.

All Intel IGPs look good in 3DMark, then proceed to keel over in actual games. My AMD 880G chipset does better than the HD2000, and it's using a much older graphics core.