Intel GMA HD Graphics Performance

Item: Intel GMA HD Graphics Performance
Author: Richard Swinburne

Written by Richard Swinburne

January 25, 2010 | 09:40

Tags: #1080p #660 #661 #785g #9300 #core-i5 #cpu #h264 #hd #htpc #perform #performance

Companies: #divx #intel #test

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

One of the biggest game releases of last year was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. With a huge cross-platform multiplayer following, we have decided to include Modern Warfare 2 because despite its hardcore appeal to FPS players, it handles low detail settings very well.

We set Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to its lowest settings, with V-Sync disabled and the resolution was set to 1280x800. We manually ran the first part of the Special Ops Alpha campaign for 90 seconds, three times over with FRAPS 3.03 and took an average result.

Click to enlarge

Nvidia GeForce 9400 (Core 2 Duo E8500)
AMD 785G (Phenom II X2 550 BE)
Intel GMA HD (Core i5 661: 900MHz IGP)
Intel GMA HD (Core i3 530: 733MHz IGP)

- 43
- 24
- 31
- 22
- 27
- 21
- 26
- 17

0

10

20

30

40

FPS

Average FPS
Minimum FPS

The Nvidia GeForce 9400 on the DFI board sails away with the performance lead here, and although its minimum FPS is only 2 fps more than the AMD system, the average is over 10 fps higher. The whole playing experience was far smoother and easier on the Nvidia system, whereas the AMD was good, but occasionally choppy, and in general playing the Special Ops campaign on the Intel board wasn't easy.